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….
Entrance Books [Industrial Schools Branch] are 5 volumes that record details of the apprehension and committal of boys to the Training Ship Sobraon. The information they record includes: the boy’s name; reason for committal to the Training Ship; and length of committal. The volumes are indexed. Access Conditions These records are open access. To access…
The Obstetric Records from the Royal North Shore Hospital were kept in bound volumes for the period 1943 to 1963. According to Connecting Kin (1998), not all of these records have been retained. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating…
The Medical Records from the Royal North Shore Hospital used a new system from 1963. Previously, separate Obstetric Medical Records were kept. From 1963, the centralised unit record was used for information about obstetric and general admissions. It is difficult to determine the exact number of obstetric records in this series, or which records relate…
These books are similar to birth registers. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. (The records for the following dates are missing: 25 Jul.-Dec. 1948.) Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information…
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 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…
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…
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…
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….