Collingwood Asylum Register of Patients 1866-1871

This series consists of the Register of Patients for the Collingwood Asylum. It is arranged chronologically by date of admission and has an alphabetical index of patients’ names which gives page references.

Details recorded include date of last/previous admission, number in order of admission, the patient’s full name, age, sex, marital status, previous place of abode and the date of the Medical certificates provided. Details concerning the form of mental disorder, the supposed cause of insanity and the type and duration of attack are also given, as is the date of discharge, removal or death.

The register can be used to locate patient histories in the Male and Female Case Books which are arranged by date of admission.