NRS-5069 | Registers of patients and admission books [Newcastle Psychiatric Centre]

Full description

These volumes are arranged chronologically and usually give the following details: date of last previous admission (if any); number on register; number for the year; date of admission; name; sex; age; social condition; number of children; occupation; nativity; residence; religion; form of mental disorder; supposed causes of insanity; insane relations; previous attacks; duration of existing attack; age at first attack; date of discharge; if recovered, relieved, not improved or died; time in hospital; observations; bodily disorders; suicidal tendencies, etc.

Most of the patients admitted in these registers are voluntary patients and appear to be children under the age of 10, many suffering from some form of congenital mental deficiency.

(34/2630-31). 2 vols. 

Note: 
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.