A miscellaneous collection of records from Kate Cocks Babies’ Home held by the State Library of South Australia. It includes a handwritten history of the Home written by Mrs Gladys Taylor, 1 envelope of correspondence from between 1970-1979, 1 envelope of balance sheets from 1964-1976 (also including an official Collector’s Badge) and 3 volumes of…
These indexes to correspondence received by the Destitute Poor Department, Destitute Person’s Department and the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department are held by State Records of South Australia.The indexes include name of writer, number of file, date of letter, date of receipt of letter and subject of letter i.e.. “W. Holmes, 137, 7/3/1900, 9/3/1900,…
This series contains a volume that records details about patients admitted to the Northfield Consumptive Home, later the Morris Hospital. Information varies between patients, but generally includes name, date of admission, admission number, patient’s address, next of kin, age, religion, place of birth, length of residence in South Australia, occupation, doctor, duration of illness, where…
This series consists of registers of patients admitted to the Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, later the Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. It includes basic information about people who were patients at the hospital, including name, date of admission and discharge, sex, age, occupation, marital status, contact details for family/friends, doctor, and destination on…
The Series was held by State Records of South Australia under the title ‘Kalyra sanatorium fund register of patients’ with the reference number MRG50/46. The volume was returned to the Adelaide City Archives. Access Conditions For access to records held by the Adelaide City Archives please contact the Archives Officer. Public access to records less…
This series of Case Cards comprises a record of cases dealt with by the Women Police Branch. The date range of the cards runs from 1960 to 1973. Women Police during the period dealt primarily with the moral and social welfare of women and children, such as domestic issues or missing persons, with criminal offences…
This series of Case Cards comprises a record of cases dealt with by the Women Police Branch. The date range of the cards runs from 1940 to 1974. Women Police during the period dealt primarily with the moral and social welfare of women and children, such as domestic issues or missing persons, with criminal offences…
This series contains the Observation Log of Seaforth Home for 1968 to 1973, which is titled “Wet Bed Book”. It includes notes about daily checks conducted on the beds of children in the morning and evening. Entries include the name of children, with ticks or crosses against their name to indicate if their bed was…
These Admission registers from Estcourt House record information about children who were admitted to Estcourt House. They are in two volumes and run from 1941 until 1978 (the period Estcourt House was in use by Adelaide Children’s Hospital). The registers document name of patient, address, date of birth, admission date, discharge date, parents’ names, ailment,…
This series provides indexes to the admission registers for the Boys Reformatory at Magill and on the Hulk Fitzjames, and the McNally Training Centre. The indexes contain the name of the child and their admission number. It is not clear if all of the admission registers that contain the full admission entries for the children…
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