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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/K Digitised Content No Level [37] SubSeries

1. IOR/K/2/1-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/K/2/1-30
Title:
Medical Certificates
Scope & Content:
Under the Act for the Treatment of Insane Persons, 9 Geo IV c. 41 (1828), Pembroke House could receive patients only when two doctors had signed a medical certificate. These volumes contain printed forms filled in with the name, age, residence, occupation and former asylum of the patient, the nam...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1830-1889
Extent:
30 volumes

2. IOR/K/2/31-34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/K/2/31-34
Title:
Registers of Admissions
Scope & Content:
The registers were required to be kept under the Act for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, 8 & ; 9 Vic c 100 (1845). They give the patients' personal details, date of admission, brief summary of the condition, date of death or discharge, and "observations".
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845-1892
Extent:
4 volumes

3. IOR/K/2/35-41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/K/2/35-41
Title:
Case Books
Scope & Content:
The Commissioners in Lunacy ordered, on 19 January 1846, that all houses should keep a "Case Book" containing for each patient (1) a statement of name, age, sex, previous occupation and marital status (2) a description of the patient's external appearance when first seen after admission (3) a des...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1892
Extent:
7 volumes

4. IOR/K/2/42-46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/K/2/42-46
Title:
Medical Visitation Books and Journals
Scope & Content:
Kept under the Lunatics Care and Treatment Amendment Act, 16 and 17 Vic c. 96 (1853), the volumes provide a chronological record of the doctors' visits, listing patients under medical treatment or restraint, and any deaths or injuries since the last visit.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860-1892
Extent:
5 volumes

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