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Record of notices forwarded to the Inspector-General of Hospitals for sanction - Northfield Mental Hospital (GRS/15235)

Calendar Date Range: 1929 - 1944
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Access Determination

Whole of series: Open after 100 years. D14/03438. Signed 15/05/2014"

Retention status

Permanent. RDS 2008/10 v1: 2.1.3

Description

This series consists of a volume registering notices relating to patients of Northfield Mental Hospital sent to the Inspector-General of Hospitals for sanction under the Mental Defectives Act, 1935.

The volume records patient's admission number and name, proposed movement and date of movement, date notice sent to Inspector-General of Hospitals, and date notice returned.

The majority of patient movements relate to the granting or extension of trial leave, but also included are other movements such as discharges under various sections of the Act.

For a summary record of all patient movements at Northfield Mental Hospital, including those that did not require the sanction of the Inspector-General of Hospitals, see GRS 14373.

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