The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Whitby Falls Hospital. This collection includes records about patients, such as admission and discharge registers, address books, medical journals, and case books. It also includes other administrative records such as visitor registers, financial records, staff roster and meal registers, correspondence registers, and farm records from Claremont Mental Hospital. The dates of the records in this collection cover the full period that the hospital was open.
The majority of records in this collection have restricted access for 100 years after their creation, however there are some records with open access. Please contact the Department of Health Freedom of Information Unit for permission to access restricted records. For access to open records please contact the State Records Office of Western Australia.
The records of Whitby Falls Hospital held by the State Records Office of Western Australia includes the following record series that may hold information about former patients of the hospital:
Prepared by: Constance Thurley-Hart
Created: 9 March 2022, Last modified: 30 March 2022