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Queensland - Archival Series

Visiting Medical Officers' Journals (1873 - 1990)

Westbrook Reformatory

From
18 February 1873
To
19 April 1990
Website
http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/SeriesDetails.aspx?SeriesId=989
Reference No
989
Legal Status
Queensland State Archives Series ID

The Visiting Medical Officers' Journals, Series ID 989, relate to the Westbrook Reformatory under a number of names. They provide a record of medical attention provided to Westbrook inmates during the periodic visits made by the Visiting Medical Officer.

Details

Access Conditions

Access to some of these records is restricted to protect personal privacy

Records

Information recorded in the Journals includes: date (of medical examination), name of boy, nature of the illness, treatment administered, and the initials of the Visiting Medical Officer. Formulas or 'recipes' for some of the medicines are recorded at the rear of the journals.

Prepared by: Lee Butterworth