Unit 1, 18 Dec 1871 - 17 Jan 1906 (PDF file, 13.4 MB)

Downloading these files
The files on this page contain the complete text of the volumes in the series and are very large. The files will take some time to download entirely.

To speed viewing of its contents use the ‘Bookmark’ feature of your .pdf viewer. The
bookmarks jump to the beginning of each letter of the alphabet for which there are patient
names in the volume.

If you click on a bookmark link the pdf viewer will jump to downloading that page. You can then view or print that entry. If you have captured the information you need, use the 'back' button of your browser to stop the download of the file. You will need to wait until the complete file has finished downloading before you can save a copy to your local hard drive.

Using this record
The register contains an alphabetical list of patients at the Kew Asylum and Kew Cottages, with dates of their admission and discharge. Alphabetical listings of male patients are found on lefthand pages and female patients on right-hand pages. Accordingly, the page images alternate between male and female lists.

You can use the register to find the date of admission of a patient, and then to locate patient information in VPRS 7397 Case Books of Female Patients (Kew Asylum), VPRS 7398 Case Books of Male Patients (Kew Asylum), VPRS 7419 Case Books of Female Patients (Kew Cottages) and VPRS 7420 Male Case Books (Kew Cottages). To view these series in the Victorian Archives Centre Reading Room, order the volume with the date range corresponding to the place and date of admission through the PROV website.

Further resources
As well as the patient case books mentioned above, another series VPRS 7690/P1 Nominal Register of Patients is a name register of patients admitted to the Kew Asylum for the period 1887-1906.

Basic patient information, including dates of previous admissions, ages and occupations of patients can be found in VPRS 7680/P1 Register of Patients.

Link to series details for these volumes

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