Royal Derwent Hospital Patient Files 1857- 1995

Prior to 1890, no patient files were kept. The admission papers were filed in a sequence and endorsed with admission details. Occasionally some correspondence was filed with them. Since c.1890 the admission papers have almost always been placed on a patient file in this series. The use of case books to record clinical information about all the patients on a ward was discontinued in the 1960s. Consignments two and three, in addition to the administrative files described above, contain a clinical file for each patient. These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives