NRS-4973 | Case histories [Waterfall Hospital for Consumptives / Waterfall Sanatorium]

The sheets comprising these volumes were apparently made out on the admission of patients to the hospital. At the head of each page are shown the name, age, address, where sent from and date, condition on discharge (eg. arrested, unimproved), date of discharge, length of stay in hospital (in days) and place of birth. Columns are then provided for sex, marital condition, occupation and capacity for work, the stage of the disease, provision for recording physical condition (eg. temperature, weight, etc.), family history (whether a history of consumption) and opportunity of infection, and condition on discharge. Each sheet is completed by diagrams showing the larynx and the dorsal and ventral aspects of the thorax, marked by the examining doctor. (X648-52, X713-18). 11 vols. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.