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Records from Bethlem Royal Hospital, 1559–1932 - Volumes
Volumes
7 volumes in Records from Bethlem Royal Hospital, 1559–1932 | Page 2 of 2
Criminal and Incurable Patient Admission Registers and Casebooks, 1778-1864
This volume contains criminal patient admission registers, male and female patient casebooks, and “incurable and criminal” patient casebooks compiled by the Bethlem Royal Hospital during the period 1778-1864. Criminal patient admission registers, 1816-1864 (Reference: ARD): These registers include the patient’s name, admission date, age, address or previous institution, crime, judgement of the court, when and where they were tried, condition of life, and discharge or removal date. Male and female patient casebooks, 1819-1823 (Reference: CB): These casebooks include the patient’s name and admission date, as well as a description of their illness and observations on their behaviour.Incurable and criminal patient casebooks, 1778-1864 (Reference: CBC): These books contain case notes on both “criminal and incurable” patients admitted to Bethlem. According to the Museum of the Mind, they “derive their provenance from Bethlam Royal Hospital in the case of incurable patients, and from the State Criminal Lunatic Asylum in the case of criminal patients, as Bethlam officers were paid by the state to administer and provide care for criminal lunatics.” Read more →
Patient Casebooks from the First World War, 1914-1919
This volume contains patient casebooks compiled by the Bethlem Royal Hospital during the First World War.Patient casebooks, 1914-1919 (Reference: CB): These casebooks include the patient’s name, admission date, a description of their illness, observations on their behaviour, residence, profession, marital status, number of children, father, spouse, religion, and age. Each casebook contains an alphabetical index of patient names. Read more →
Management of Bethlem Royal Hospital, 1559-1932
This volume contains materials related to the management, governance, and administration of Bethlem Royal Hospital during the period 1559-1932. More specifically, it contains minutes of the Court of Governors and staff salary books.Minutes of the Court of Governors, 1559-1684 (Reference: BCB): The governors were responsible for the appointment of staff, as well as the management of hospital properties and finances. They met every two to three weeks to discuss pertinent matters, including the behaviour of certain patients. Staff salary books, 1777-1932 (Reference: SB): The earliest books record employees’ jobs, names, and wages, and include their signatures. Jobs encompassed: physician; clerk; surgeon; apothecary; steward; porter; matron; basket man (male or female attendant post-1843); maid; gallery maid; laundry maid; cook; accountant, and nurse (post-1900). Books from after 1911 detail National Insurance deductions. Read more →
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