VPRS 7553 Discharge Register of Patients

This series comprises of volumes detailing male and female patient discharges from Ballarat Asylum (1893-1905), Ballarat Hospital for the Insane (1905-1934), Ballarat Mental Hospital (1934-1969) and Lakeside Hospital (1969-1988) (VA 2844).Within twenty-four hours after the discharge, removal or escape of any patient the clerk of the asylum was to make and sign an entry to record this occurrence in the Discharge Register also known as the Register of Discharges, Removals and Deaths. This was required under the provisions of section 23 of the Lunacy Statute 1867. Subsequent legislation included similar provisions. An entry was also to be made in the Register of Patients and a written notice was to be sent to the Chief Secretary.The format of the Discharge Register was specified in the seventeenth schedule of the 1867 Act and in schedules to subsequent legislation. Details recorded included date of death, discharge or removal, date of last admission, number in Register of Patients, name at length, name of hospital to which patient removed (if applicable), condition on discharge, cause of death (if applicable) and age at death. The entries are arranged chronologically by date of discharge.

本系列包含多卷档案，详细记录了巴拉拉特收容所（Ballarat Asylum，1893-1905）、巴拉拉特精神病收容医院（Ballarat Hospital for the Insane，1905-1934）、巴拉拉特精神卫生医院（Ballarat Mental Hospital，1934-1969）及湖滨医院（Lakeside Hospital，1969-1988）的男女患者出院情况，档案编号为VA 2844。任何患者出院、转院或逃离后的24小时内，收容所文员须在出院登记册（"Discharge Register"，亦称出院、转院与死亡登记册）中填写并签署条目，记录该事件。该要求系依据1867年《精神错乱法案》（Lunacy Statute 1867）第23条制定，后续立法亦包含同类条款。同时须在患者登记册中录入相关条目，并向首席大臣提交书面通知。出院登记册的格式由1867年法案的第十七附表及后续立法的附表明确规定。登记条目涵盖的详细信息包括：死亡、出院或转院日期、最后一次入院日期、患者登记册编号、完整姓名、患者转往的医院名称（如适用）、出院时状况、死亡原因（如适用）及死亡时年龄。所有条目均按出院日期的时间顺序编排。