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Discharge ('After Care') register - McBride Maternity Hospital (GRS/13676)

Calendar Date Range: 1923 - 1925
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Access Determination

Whole of series: Closed - Adoption Act 1988, Section 27. D12/06962. Signed 23/10/2012.;;;;Please note: Babies born at the Hospital were not necessarily adopted.;;"

Retention status

Permanent. RDS 2008/02 v1

Description

This series consists of a volume titled 'After Care Register' used to record information about unmarried women discharged from McBride Maternity Hospital.

The volume contains pre-printed pages with handwritten entries and is indexed at the front. Entries are arranged roughly in chronological order by date of discharge.

Information recorded in the volume includes name, date of birth, date of entrance, address of parents or relatives, religion, where received from, by whom sent, address, date left institution, nature of work, wages, name of employer or friend, address. Some entries also include remarks about the women's situation after leaving the hospital. Not all information is recorded for each entry.

Also see GRS 13689 and GRS 13675.

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