Warning about distressing information
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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.
Patient files (1950-99)
File; Unappraised
Content: Patient information files transferred to the archives from the Maroondah Hospital. Notes indicate that they relate to Maroondah Hospital, Murnong Clinic and Chandler House.
Files are in rough alphabetical order by patient name, identified by unit record (UR) number.
Patient Histories , Murnong Clinic and Maroondah Hospital (1997-98)
File; Temporary
Content: Patient history files documenting psychiatric patients care and treatment at the Murnong Clinic – one of several clinics associated with Maroondah Hospital and Eastern Health that provided continuing care services for psychiatric patients.
The files are largely in alphabetical order by patients family name.
Reviewed 02 November 2016