NRS-4981 | Case papers ("A" prefix files) [Broughton Hall Psychiatric Clinic]

Full description

This series consists of case records for female patients admitted to the Broughton Hall Psychiatric Clinic, compiled under the Lunacy Act, 1898 (Act No.45, 1898) s.27-30 and later legislation. Broughton Hall offered psychiatric assistance to voluntary patients under this Act, as amended by the Lunacy Amendment Act, 1934 (Act No.39, 1934); and subsequently under the Mental Health Act, 1958 (Act No.45, 1958).

The case papers may include: a summary sheet recording dates of admission(s); results of examinations of mental and physical condition; family and marital history; record of progress; correspondence with or regarding the patient; behaviour and treatment records; test results; and personal effects lists.

The records are arranged by admission register number, with an 'A' prefix. As this series contains female patients only it has been linked to an earlier series for admissions of women [NRS4980] although there is a substantial gap between them. The patient and admission register series, NRS 20831, includes 'A' prefix files but only from A3202 in 1959.