VPRS 17917 Admission and Discharge Register of Patients

Full description

This series consists of the admission and discharge register for Smith Street Clinic (VA 5092) and the Pleasant View Receiving House / Psychiatric Hospital / Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre (VA 2848). It predominantly comprises the registers from the Smith Street Clinic, however there are 3 volumes in this series (i.e. volumes 1, 2 & 7) that have been used to record patients from both Smith Street (VA 5092) as well as some patients from Pleasant View (VA 2848).

The details captured in each register varies with more information recorded for each patients in the earlier years than what was captured in the latter years. At a minimum, most registers contain admission number, date of admission, patient name, address, date of birth, marital status, occupation and date of death/discharge. Some registers also capture institution to where the patient was transferred (if applicable).

Smith Street Clinic Registers

Patients were admitted to the Smith Street Clinic under the Alcoholics and Drug Dependant Persons Act (1968). The letter 'I' has been used it indicate the type of admission for each patient. This appears to indicate 'Informal' admissions.

Pleasant View Registers

The 3 volumes in this series that contain the admission and discharge register of patients from Pleasant View (VA 2848) are for different types of Pleasant View patients and/or for different periods of time. They comprise of 3 different sequences of admission numbers, each sequence appear to form part of the following series of admission and discharge registers for Pleasant View:

Volume 1 - the part of this volume pertaining to Pleasant View captures patients admitted 'V' patients. The 'V' appears to indicate voluntary patients. See also VPRS 17902 Admission and Discharge Register of Patients: Voluntary Boarders.

Volume 2 - the part of this volume pertaining to Pleasant View does not indicate what types of admissions the patients were. As some of the patients who were discharged in this register and reappear as admitted patients (on same day) in Volume 1, indicates that they were not voluntary type patients. See also VPRS 17901 Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Licensed House).

Volume 7 - the part of this volume pertaining to Pleasant View relates to drug and alcohol rehabilitation patients. See also VPRS 18296 Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation) and part of VPRS 17809 Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation) (Consignment P0003, Unit 5).