Department of Education - Archives Office of Tasmania

Brief Guide 1: patient records - Royal Derwent Hospital

This is a list of the records most frequently used by those seeking information on patients in the Royal Derwent Hospital, New Norfolk. A complete listing of all records held can be found using the search facility in Tasmanian Archives Online.

Access to some records may be restricted.

 

HSD247 

Admission register 1830 - 1954
HSD248 Admission register 1964 - 1976
HSD285 Admission papers c.1843 - 1933
HSD284 Patient files (alphabetical) c.1890 - 1965
HSD55 Case books Nov 1842 - Nov 1843
HSD246 Case books (all patients) Jan 1845 - Dec 1854
HSD51 Case books (male) Apr 1849 - Jan 1874
HSD52 Case books (female) Dec 1854 - Jan 1872
AB365 Case books (all patients) Jan 1872 - May 1934
HSD254 Register of death transfer or discharge of patients Jan 1830 - Oct 1885
May 1946 - Jul 1966

Related series from other agencies


CON127 Tasman’s Peninsula - Registers of patients admitted to the Asylum 1850 - 1877
CON54 Hospital for the Insane, Cascades - Case book 1877 - 1893