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From: "Elly Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] mental patients
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:18:43 +0100
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Two really useful resources on this subject:
(1)
TNA Hospitals Database
*http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords*<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords>;

This tells you that the Admission and Discharge registers for Napsbury are
at the London Metropolitan Archives, but no patient/clinical records are
available before 1916. The A & D registers could be worth a look. Email the
LMA at



(2)
For asylums in general, the standard study is by Andrew Roberts and is
available online. It is really worth learning how to navigate this site,
which is packed with useful information. It includes a comprehensive Asylums
Index (link at top right of this page)*
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/01.htm#4.13.TA*<http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/01.htm#4.13.TA>;

Hope that helps
Elly


On 15/10/2007, Ann Jensen <> wrote:
>
> I'm still clear on these asylums so I'll try mine. Rudolph Warner died at
> the Napsbury Asylum in October 1906, of pneumonia, but when I wrote to the
> apparent record holders a couple of years ago I received no reply. Will
> the
> fact that 100 years has now elapsed make any difference if I tried again.
> It
> has been suggested that Napsbury was a general hospital rather than a
> place
> for psychiatric patients by 1906. Any clues?
>

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