Australia Medical Records

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  • 1899-1948 - Indigence cases, Department of Health, 1899 to 1948, index. This open data file alphabetically lists the names of indigents as recorded in the correspondence and papers within the general correspondence of the Colonial Secretary's/Home Secretary's Office, and subsequent Departments of Health, during the period 1899 to 1948.

Types and Content of Medical Records

  • 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.
  • Some medical records have been indexed.

FamilySearch

The FamilySeach Library has collected some medical records and indexes to medical records, including those for hospitals and asylums. These records are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

Indexes, where available, are listed by Place Search in the FamilySearch Catalog under:

  • AUSTRALIA, [STATE]- MEDICAL RECORDS - INDEXES
  • AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN]- MEDICAL RECORDS - INDEXES