VPRS 18095 Patient Case History Files: Female Patients (Royal Park Receiving House, Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital)

This series consists of Case History Files of female patients admitted to Royal Park Receiving House and Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (VA 2845). Each patient admitted into a psychiatric hospital was required by legislation to have a file created which documented their case history from time of admission to discharge or death. Around 1954, case histories changed from being a simple folio with relatively few entries and attached papers to foolscap sized, manila folder files which contain various types of forms, correspondence and medical paperwork, depending on the legislative requirements at the time. File covers include the patient name, and provision for recording dates of admission and discharge as well as file movement details if the patient had been admitted to other institutions, as it was required that the file move with the patient. Contents of the file were not consistent until the Mental Health Regulations 1962 made provision for colour coded sheets to be used within the files for specific purposes which include: Sheet 1 (brown or plain) - Face sheet providing personal details Sheet 2 (purple) - Referring letters Sheet 3 (red) - Superintendents Examination / Reports Sheet 4 (orange) - Special Examinations / Investigation Sheet 5 (yellow) - Physical Examination Sheet 6 (blue) - Psychiatric History Sheet 7 (black) - Psychiatric Examination Sheet 10 (green) - Social Worker's Report Sheet 16 (mauve) - Nursing Notes Sheet 20 (black) - Post Mortem Examination Some files include papers relating to admissions that pre-date the creation of this series in cases where papers or files from earlier admissions have been added to, or attached to, the files in this series. Similarly, in some cases content has been added after files have been closed, to accommodate matters such as correspondence relating to freedom of information requests. Previous series : VPRS 18098 Patient Clinical Notes

本数据集包含皇家公园收容所（Royal Park Receiving House）与皇家公园精神病院（VA 2845）收治的女性患者的病例档案文件。根据当时立法要求，每一位入住精神病院的患者都需建立档案，完整记录其自入院至出院或离世期间的病例历程。约1954年起，病例档案形式发生变革：从原本仅含少量记录与附属文件的简易对折本册，改为符合当时立法要求的大裁纸规格马尼拉文件夹档案，内包含各类表单、往来信函与医疗文书。档案封面需标注患者姓名，并预留入院、出院日期填写栏；若患者转入其他医疗机构，还需记录档案流转详情——因规定要求档案需随患者同步转移。在此之前，档案内容并无统一规范，直至1962年《精神卫生条例》出台，规定档案内需使用按用途区分色标的纸张，具体用途如下：第1页（棕色或素面）：个人信息页，用于记录患者个人详情；第2页（紫色）：转诊信函页；第3页（红色）：院长检查/报告页；第4页（橙色）：专项检查/调查页；第5页（黄色）：体格检查页；第6页（蓝色）：精神病史页；第7页（黑色）：精神检查页；第10页（绿色）：社会工作者报告页；第16页（淡紫色）：护理记录页；第20页（黑色）：尸检报告页。部分档案中包含早于本数据集创建时间的入院相关文件，因早期入院的相关文件或档案被增补至本系列档案中。同理，部分档案在归档后仍会增补内容，以处理诸如信息自由申请相关的往来信函等事项。原所属数据集：VPRS 18098 患者临床笔记