VPRS 17576 Infant and Adult Deaths Record Book

Full description

The Infant and Adult Deaths Record Book recorded deaths of the following categories of patients: adult patients from all wards e.g. Midwifery, Oncology; infants (Neonatal and Perinatal) born to midwifery patients; and critically ill babies transferred to The Royal Women's Hospital as a major neonatal referral hospital.

The patient and infant deaths are recorded in a hand drawn column format (an adapted exercise book), with each double page spread representing a calendar month. The deaths were divided into two categories:

1. Stillborn babies and live births where the infants lived less than 28 days

2.(i) Foetuses less than 20 weeks' gestation or full-term babies who lived over 28 days.

(ii) Adult patients.

(iii) Babies born at other hospitals and transferred to The Royal Women's Hospital.

The first category of deaths was recorded under the following columns: UR NO. [Patient Universal Record Number]; Date of Birth; Time of Birth; Date of Death; Time of Death; Sex; Babes Name; Mother's First Name; Mother's Surname; Marital Status; Father's Name; Address; P/code [Postcode]; Att. [word unknown] Hosp. [Hospital]; Hosp. Burial; Private Burial; Cert. [Certificate] Sent [date]; Funeral Notice Sent [date].

The second category of deaths was recorded under the following columns: UR NO.; Surname; First Name; Date of Birth; Date of Death; Babes Name; Marital Status; Father's Name; Address; P/code; Att. Hosp. Burial; Private Burial; Cert.; Sent; Funeral Notice Sent.