The Daily Record of Children’s Treatment and Calorie Intake comes from the Mothercraft Home. It dates from between 1968 and 1969. Access Conditions Open
The Annual Reports of the Matron provide information about the Mothercraft Home between 1954 and 1963. Access Conditions Open
The Hobart General Hospital replaced the Colonial Hospital in 1860. It remained on the Liverpool Street site. Until 1878, when a Board of Management took over, the Hospital was run by a committee chaired by the Colonial Secretary. In 1919, the newly formed Hobart Public Hospitals District took over from the Board. In 1901, a…
The Colonial Hospital, run by the Convict Department, opened in Liverpool Street, Hobart in 1820. It provided the headquarters of the medical establishment and hospital services to convicts. In 1860, responsibility for the Hospital was transferred to the newly established colonial government. The Colonial Hospital became the Hobart General Hospital. Lachlan Macquarie, the Governor of…
The Ante Natal Record Cards, dated from 1924 to 1953, came from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. The cards include the mother’s name, address, and age as well as ante and post natal medical details. They provide the sex and weight of the baby and information about his or her condition, for instance the card…
The Royal Hobart Hospital replaced the Hobart General Hospital in 1938, remaining on the same site in Liverpool Street. It was a public hospital run by its own Board and then by the Health Department and its successors. Adoptions took place from the maternity unit at the Royal Hobart and, later, its Obstetric Division at…
The Patient Charts – Maternity, dated from 1947 to 1979, came from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. They are charts and daily reports that include the mother’s name, age, address, next of kin, date of admission, medical officer, details of the delivery and sex of the baby. The charts are on microfiche. These records are…
The Patients’ Charts with Details of Births and Subsequent Hospitalisation, dated from 1916 to 1947, come from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. They are a single sheet of paper that includes the mother’s medical and labour details as well as the sex, weight, and time of the baby’s birth. Access Conditions Open
The Hospital Registers of Admissions and Discharges with Details of Charges, dated 1908 to 1947, came from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. The Registers include the mother’s date of admission, case number, name, address, age, remarks such as the sex of the baby and if he or she was stillborn or a breech birth, date…
The Admission Registers, dated from 1908 to 1962, are from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. They include the mother’s case number, name, address, religion, age, date of admission, name and occupation of husband, and basic medical details. Only Volume 1 gives the sex of the baby. Access Conditions Open
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