VPRS 18373 Admission Index Cards Female Patients

This series comprises index cards detailing patient initial (surname), name of institution, name, age, sex, marital status, occupation, religion, date of reception, previous admissions, reason for reception; section of Lunacy Act or other Mental Hygiene Acts applicable to committal, certifying medical practitioners, previous place of abode, names and addresses of relatives, names and addresses of persons signing request to receive, mental and physical condition, name of medical superintendent, date transferred and destination, date boarded out, date allowed on probation, date of discharge and reason, section 88 examination dates and date of death.Other information may include admission details to other institutions. The early versions of the index cards (pre 1940) provided for single admissions and a reference to the warrant numbers was added retrospectively. Later versions of the index cards (post 1940) provided for details of multiple admissions.