Please contact the State Records Research Centre:
Postal Address: GPO Box 464, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: 08 7322 7077
Email: staterecords@sa.gov.au
Quote this number to access your records: State Records of South Australia Series ID, GRS/8850
These records are held by State Records of South Australia (1919 - current).
This series consists of registers of patients admitted to the Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, later the Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. It includes basic information about people who were patients at the hospital, including name, date of admission and discharge, sex, age, occupation, marital status, contact details for family/friends, doctor, and destination on discharge. Some entries in the register note the diagnosis given to patients. The registers cover the dates 1932-1938 and 1951-1959. The location of the registers recording patients between 1938 and 1951 is not known.
This series is open and can be viewed by any member of the public. To arrange access to these records please contact State Records of South Australia.