NRS-20831 | Register of Patients and Admission Books [Broughton Hall]

This series comprises registers of patients and admission books which record incoming patients at Broughton Hall, later Rozelle Hospital.These volumes are arranged chronologically and have standard, printed columns headed: date of last previous admission (if any), no. [number] on register, no. [number] for year, date of admission, name at length, sex - m/f [male/female], age, social condition - m/s/u [married/single/unknown], no. [number] of children, occupation, nativity [where born], residence, profession of religion, how sent, date of medical certificate and by whom signed, form of mental disorder, supposed cause of insanity, insane relations, previous attacks, duration of existing attack, age at first attack, date of discharge, recovered, relieved, not improved, died, time in hospital, and observations-bodily disorder, suicidal, &c.The volumes for 1959-1965 and 1965-1970 have separate sections allocated to patient numbers with 'A', 'B', 'C' and/or 'O' prefixes. By September 1970, patient numbers used are single running numbers.These registers include a period in 1976-1977 when Broughton Hall was administratively merged into the Rozelle Hospital.