VPRS 18187 Admission and Discharge Register of Residents

Full description

This series consists of volumes which record admission and discharge information about residents at Pleasant Creek Colony and Pleasant Creek Training Centre (VA 5118).

The first volume records the following information:
- Date of Last Previous Reception (if any)
- Reception Number (sequential number, by gender)
- Date of Reception
- Full Name
- Gender
- Date of Birth
- Dates of Medical Certificates, and by Whom Signed
- Date and Particulars of Discharge
- Religion.

The remaining two volumes each have an index at the beginning and record the following information:
- Type of Admission (V, R, A, J, S)
- Admission Number (sequential number, by gender)
- Date of Admission
- Full Name
- Secretary's Signature
- Date of Birth
- Marital State
- Occupation
- Previous Place of Abode
- Religion
- Form of Mental Disorder
- Bodily Condition
- Superintendent's Signature
- Date of Death, Discharge, &c.
- Secretary's Signature-
- Discharge Category
- Assigned Cause of Death (if applicable)
- Who Present at Death (if applicable).

The registers outline all admissions which ceased approximately 1993, although Pleasant Creek Training Centre stayed open until 1999.