VPRS 7428 Nominal Register of Patients

This volume is the Nominal Register of Patients at the Ballarat Asylum for the period 1877 to 1879 and subsequently at the Sunbury Asylum for the period 1879 to 1907. Patients from Ballarat were transferred to Sunbury when it was opened in 1879, hence the Nominal Register was also sent to Sunbury and continued to be used there for new admissions. Some patients who were transferred from Ballarat to Sunbury have had their original admission date to Ballarat Asylum altered to the date they were admitted to Sunbury Asylum.The Nominal Register was created to record the names of all patients on the books of the Asylum. Both patients in residence and those out on trial leave were included. Details recorded are:- name of patient,- date of admission,- date of discharge and how discharged.This volume could be used to access patient information in VPRS 7405 Case Books of Male Patients and VPRS 7406 Case Books of Female Patients if the date of admission of the patient is unknown.