Daily Records
Scope and Contents
The Daily Record Books contain a form, which allowed a staff member at the Hospital to record details about how the patients spent their time, and about their treatment, in shorthand. A key explains the shorthand meanings in the upper corner of each page. Most of the Daily Record Books record each patient in a ward's activity, diet, and habits, with each page of the book representing one ward for one month. The Daily Report of the Head Nurse records how many patients on each ward were involved in various activities, and also records what the menu at the Hospital was each day.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
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