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Patient records for Herdmanflat Hospital. Volumes, bundles and items are handwritten.

These were reports by the Commissioner in Lunacy on the condition of the Asylum. They give statistical information.

The register gives the name of the patient, date of last admission, date of discharge, authority on which discharge made, where sent, person into whose care the patient was sent and observations.

Gives the name of the patient, date of admission, date of escape, mode of escape and date of return.

Gives the name of the patient and their age, date of admission, religion, marital status, county, employment, next of kin and address of relatives. Although the book includes patients with admission dates back to 1903, the information was probably compiled at the time of the later entries c1958.

The register gives the name of the patient, the length of time they have been insane, the date of their removal, to whom sent (ie to whose care were they given during the probationary period), length of trial and result.

The register gives the name of the patient, form and duration of restraint and name of superintendent. It also includes loose forms titled ‘quarterly excerpts from the register of restraint and seclusion’ at the front of the volume, one of which was used in 1946, the rest being blank.

Gives the name of the patient, date of admission, date of discharge and in most cases the reason for discharge. Includes names at rear of patients who have been changed to informal status.

Each register gives the date of death, the date of last admission, name of the patient, cause of death and age.

Gives the name of the patient, date of admission, date of examination (usually the same day) and a brief description of the patient’s condition.