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Record of notices forwarded to the Inspector-General of Hospitals for sanction - Enfield Receiving House (GRS/15236)

Calendar Date Range: 1938 - 1961
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Access Determination

Whole of series: Open after 100 years. D14/03437. Signed 15/05/2014"

Retention status

Permanent. RDS 2008/10 v1: 2.1.3

Description

This series consists of volumes registering notices relating to patients of Enfield Receiving House sent to the Inspector-General of Hospitals, later Director-General of Medical Services, for sanction under the Mental Defectives Act, 1935.

The volumes record patient's admission number and name, proposed movement, date notice sent, date notice returned and remarks.

The patient movements include admissions, trial leave, and discharges that required the sanction of the Inspector-General of Hospitals, later Director-General of Medical Services, under the Mental Defectives Act, 1935.

See GRS 15237 for a volume recording all notices forwarded to the Inspector-General of Hospitals, including those that did not require his sanction, as well as notices forwarded to the Public Trustee.

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