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List of records held by the department
For information relating to the central management of care leavers and wards of state, please consult the guide to Central department wardship and out-of-home care records. These collections date back to the 1860s and include ward registers, index cards and ward files.
PLEASE NOTE: Patients could be admitted to a Receiving House for short-term treatment and care, but were not permitted to remain longer than two months.
Patients still needing treatment after two months could be sent to a Psychiatric Hospital, in the same institution/complex or another. Hence, there could be more than one set of records for any one person. Please check each location for former patient records.
Patient case histories (1960-80)
File; Temporary
Content: Case histories of patients attending Chatsworth House Clinic as psychiatric outpatients of Mont Park Hospital.
These files include an information sheet about the patient, any background information, case notes and details of appointments, medication prescribed, correspondence, referrals and letters to the patient’s work place.
The files provide a history of admissions and discharges to the clinics and psychiatric institutions. The files are arranged in alphabetical order by surname.
Reviewed 25 August 2016