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Access Conditions
Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library. Records, recordings and transcripts can only be used in the Somerville Reading Room and are not available for borrowing.
Access to this material at the State Library requires written permission from the person or organisation that deposited the records. Please contact the State Library for more information.
Records
The first register has hand-drawn columns and entries on one page that give: (1) Name, (2) Address, (3) Sex, (4) Age, (5) Date of Admission, (6) Recommended by, (7) Disability, (8) Date of discharge, (9) Payment. From 1939 the pages are divided into Boys and Girls.
Notes on contents - Entries are arranged by date of admission. Many children listed in the register were undergoing treatment at the Adelaide Children's Hospital. (7) Disability: sometimes records behavioural problems and reasons for admission. (8) Date of discharge: sometimes includes information about where child was transferred to.
In the second register entries appear in printed columns across two pages as follows. Left hand page: (1) Number, (2) Name of patient, (3) Born, (4) Parent/Guardian surname and initial, (5) Address. Right hand page: (6) Discharged, (7) Medical Officer, (8) Diagnosis, (9) Hospital Fund, (10) Gross Fees, (11) CW Benefits, (12) Nett. Notes on contents - Entries arranged in order of admission date. (10) Gross Fees column only filled in sporadically. As of 9/65 Reason is pencilled in and column records reasons for admission, such as desertion or illness of parents, as well as information about transfers to other homes.
Quantity: 2 registers
