VPRS 17393 Autopsy Register, Pathology Department

This series was created to register autopsies carried out by the Pathology Department of the Royal Women's Hospital.They record the deceased person's name, date of death, age, live or still birth in the case of babies, and if burial was arranged privately or by the Hospital. Private burial patients are written up in red ink. Patient "UR" numbers are included from April 1980.Many of the bodies were transferred from other hospitals for autopsy and/or burial.Autopsies were not always carried out and there are instances where only sections have been received for analysis.There are no known Death Registers held by the hospital.Series HistoryPrior to transfer to Public Record Office Victoria, the records in this series were maintained as part of the RWH Archives in RWH series number 0261.

本数据集用于登记皇家妇女医院（Royal Women's Hospital）病理科实施的所有尸体解剖案例。每条记录包含逝者姓名、死亡日期、年龄；针对婴儿逝者，额外记录其分娩类型（活产或死产），以及丧葬安排为私人承办还是由医院统筹。选择私人丧葬的逝者记录以红色墨水书写。自1980年4月起，记录中加入了患者"UR"编号。

多数遗体由其他医院转运至此，用于尸体解剖或丧葬处置。并非所有接收的遗体均会开展解剖工作，部分案例仅接收组织切片用于分析。目前未发现该院留存的死亡登记册。

系列历史
在移交至维多利亚公共档案办公室（Public Record Office Victoria）之前，本系列档案作为皇家妇女医院档案的一部分，归入RWH档案序列0261号。