VPRS 17931 Register of Patient Transfers

Full description

This series consists of a volume which records the transfer of patients from Mayday Hills Mental Hospital (VA 2842) to other hospitals or locations.

The Register of Patient Transfers recorded the following information:

- date of transfer
- name of patient
- name of asylum where transferred
- date of return
- whether returned or whether transfer was extended
- date of extension.

Section 86 (3) of the Mental Health Act 1959 required that "the superintendent of any institution may with the consent of writing of the chief medical officer send or take under proper control any patient to any place specified in the consent for any limited time for the benefit of his health." The Register of Patient Transfers was created to meet this requirement.