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Medical records, Royal Hospital for Women

The amount of information available in these records varies depending on the time period. Earlier records are less comprehensive than records dating from the 1960s. Information given may include mother’s name, address, where transferred from, age, occupation, and religion. Later records also include the mother’s date of birth and, occasionally, details of next of kin….

Birth registers, Royal Hospital for Women

Birth registers list all the births, including still births, at the Hospital. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled…

Admission books, Royal Hospital for Women

These books record: name, age, occupation, religion and address of the patient; and the name of the doctor under whom the patient was admitted. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled in accordance with the…

Obstetric Medical Records, Mater Misericordiae Hospital

The Obstetric Medical Records of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital give information about the birth mother and the baby, including biographical information such as name, date of birth and address of mother; father’s name, if known; baby’s birth details; and clinical information such as treatment given, etc. For the years 1952-1977, the mother and baby notes…

Medical Records, Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies

The amount of information available in these records varies depending on the time period. Earlier records are less comprehensive than records dating from the 1960s. Information given may include mother’s name, address, where transferred from, age, occupation, and religion. Later records also include the mother’s date of birth and, occasionally, details of next of kin….

Confinement books, Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies

These books (1910-25; Sep. 1928-Mar. 1931; Sep. 1953-Sep. 1970; Sep. 1974-Feb. 1978) are similar to birth registers. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. (The following Confinement books are missing: 1925-Sep. 1928; Apr. 1931-Aug. 1953; and Oct. 1970-Aug. 1974). Access Conditions Access to information relating to…

Confinement books, Crown Street Women’s Hospital

These books are similar to birth registers. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled in accordance with the Adoption…

Admission books, Crown Street Women’s Hospital

These books record: name, age, occupation, religion and address of the patient; and the name of the doctor under whom the patient was admitted. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled in accordance with the…

Labour ward registers, Crown Street Women’s Hospital

These books record: name, age, occupation, religion and address of the patient; and the name of the doctor under whom the patient was admitted. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled in accordance with the…

Admission And Discharge Registers [Yawarra Training School for Boys, Kurri Kurri]

Admission And Discharge Registers are combined weekly admission and discharge registers for Yawarra Training School for Boys, Kurri Kurri between March 1969 and September 1980. For admissions they record the time and date; name; age; religion; from whom received and any remarks. For discharges they record to whom the person was discharged; the address and…