© Dorset History Centre (NG/HH/DO(C)/5/2/1)

There are two main sources for records of hospital admissions – the management committee minutes and the admissions registers. Both types of record are at the Dorset History Centre.  The registers are the more useful source, although none have survived before 1847. The management commitee minutes are an uncatalogued item. The admissions registers are catalogued in the series ‘NG/HH/DO(C)’.

Use the red links below to access patient details extracted from the committee minutes up to 1847 and transcripts of the registers from 1847 onwards (asterisks denote full transcripts):

Management Committee minutes

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In-patient admission registers

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Out-patient admission registers

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Format of in-patient and out-patient registers

The origianl registers have the following headings:

• Number in order of Admission
• Patient’s Names
• Age
• Occupation
• Parish
• By Whom Recommended
• Pages in Subscription Book
• Dates of Admission
• Dates of Renewed Tickets
• Under Whose Care
• Disease
• Dates of Discharges and Result
  • Cured
  • Relieved
  • Incurable or other cause
• Date of Death