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*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8812/ New South Wales, Australia Hospital & Asylum Records] at Ancestry; index & images ($) | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8812/ New South Wales, Australia Hospital & Asylum Records] at Ancestry; index & images ($) | ||
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1841/ New South Wales, Australia Registers for the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children] at Ancestry; index & images ($) | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1841/ New South Wales, Australia Registers for the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children] at Ancestry; index & images ($) | ||
==Types of Medical Records== | ==Types and Content of Medical Records== | ||
*Medical records for Australia include '''hospital and asylum records, infectious disease registers, and annual alphabetical lists of invalids'''. | *Medical records for Australia include '''hospital and asylum records, infectious disease registers, and annual alphabetical lists of invalids'''. | ||
*Of particular genealogical value are the registers of hospitals and asylums. These registers usually include '''the patient’s name, sex, age, marital condition, residence, occupation, and religion'''. Other details may be listed, such as the patient’s admission and discharge dates, cause for admission, death date (if the patient died while in the hospital or asylum), place of origin, ship and port of arrival, and miscellaneous remarks. | *Of particular genealogical value are the registers of hospitals and asylums. These registers usually include '''the patient’s name, sex, age, marital condition, residence, occupation, and religion'''. Other details may be listed, such as the patient’s admission and discharge dates, cause for admission, death date (if the patient died while in the hospital or asylum), place of origin, ship and port of arrival, and miscellaneous remarks. | ||