Ingham (Qld) Hospital Admission Registers 20 Aug 1889 – 22 May 1890

Ingham Hospital admission registers are very useful for genealogy and family history. Though not all were completed in full, the registers have space for these details (which, if supplied by the patient, maybe more accurate than those on a death certificate): name; date admitted; age; birthplace; occupation; religion; ship of arrival; how long in colony; place of residence; marital status; place of marriage, at what age, and name of spouse; names and ages of children living; number and sex of children deceased; father’s name and occupation; father’s present residence if living (or ‘father dead’); mother’s maiden name; disease or reason for admission; date of discharge or date and cause of death; sometimes additional remarks (medical history, social circumstances etc.). Note the provision for ship of arrival, place of residence, marital status, and father’s present residence – details not found on a Qld death certificate. A hospital register is sometimes the only surviving source of information about immigration.