The Australian Women's Register

I. St. MARGARET’S HOSPITAL ARCHIVES, ca.1970-1998

Guides and detailed lists of records of St. Margaret’s Hospital, ca.1970-1998: Series Registration Forms, being printed forms with ms. entries in large ring binder including series number, box number, creator, series title, date range, description and accession number; ‘Procedures for Record Storage at St. Margaret’s Hospital December 1990’, being typescript procedures manual for control of records created by St. Margaret’s Hospital; ‘Register of Record Series and Current Series Registration’, being loose sheets in ring binder with ms. entries, including series number, series title and date range; ‘Filing Index, 1970s and 1980s’, being index of files of St. Margaret’s Hospital created between ca. 1970 and ca.1990; ‘Box List and Accession Register 1992-1998’, being loose leaf pages in ring binder with ms. entries including temporary box list and accession register 1992-1998; Guides and related papers, being ‘Guide to the Records of St. Margaret’s Hospital Archives’, compiled by Megan Birch, Mary Duggan and Margaret Murphy, 1987, along with working papers from which the guide was compiled; and ‘A Guide to the Records of the School of Midwifery, St. Margaret’s Hospital, Darlinghurst’, compiled by Margaret Helen Woods, 1987, along with working papers from which the guide was compiled (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/1).

II. St. MARGARET’S HOSPITAL, 1910-1967

A. Baby Books, 1954-1966: Baby Book, 1/5/1954-31/3/1955, may include: surname of mother, date of birth and sex of child, identity disc number of child, weight and length of child, head circumference of child and name of doctor. They do not include time of birth; Baby Book, 1/4/1955-31/3/1957; Baby Book, 1/4/1957-1/11/1959; Baby book, 1/6/1964-31/10/1966 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/2)

B. Baptismal Registers: ‘Baptism book, General Labour Ward’, 29/12/1959-11/11/1967 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/2)

C. Patient Financial Records, 1957-1964: including accounts rendered, invoices, receipts and some correspondence concerning overdue accounts (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/3)

D. Patient Admission Books, 1910-1950: Patients Admission Book, 1/10/1910-19/8/1916, being the Register of admissions to St. Margaret’s Hospital, may include patient’s name, age, occupation, place of birth, religion and address, date of admission, treatment details, date of birth and sex of child (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/10X); Patients Admission Book, 21/7/1916-17/1/1928 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/11X); Patient Admission Book, 8/2/1921-25/9/1934 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/12X); Patient Admission Book, 30/6/1934-1/7/1940 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/13X); Patient Admission Book, 1/7/1938-24/2/1941 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/14X); Patient Admission Book, 1/7/1940-30/11/1944 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/15X); Patient Admission Book, 1/12/1944-31/3/1950 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/16X)

III. St. MARGARET’S CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, 1975-1978: Register of Intensive Care Unit, including name of patient, register number, age and diagnosis (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/2)

IV. ALAN GRANT FERTILITY CLINIC, 1977-1985: Scrap book, being an exercise book with photocopies of photographs of babies whose parents attended the Clinic along with correspondence from mothers (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/3)

V. St. MARGARET’S HOSPITAL DIVISION OF NURSING, 1958-1991

A. Nursing Ward Report Books, 1958-1969: Nursing Ward Report Book, Fourth Floor Postnatal Ward, 5/3/1958-4/5/1959, generally contain daily nursing report of each patient on the ward and are signed by the sister in charge (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/3); Nursing Ward Report Book, Fourth Floor Postnatal Ward, 7/7/1958-5/9/1958 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/3); Nursing Ward Report Book, Third Floor Antenatal Ward, 26/6/1958-13/8/1958 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/3); Nursing Ward Report Book, Second Floor Postnatal Ward, 20/7/1961-4/9/1961 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/3); Nursing Ward Report Book, Second Floor Postnatal Ward, 5/9/1961-24/10/1961 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/3); Nursing Ward Report Books, First Floor Postnatal Ward, 25/7/1961-11/9/1961 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/4); Nursing Ward Report Book, First Floor Postnatal Ward, 20/7/1966-29/8/1966 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/4); Nursing Ward Report Book, Labour Ward (7th floor), 18/7/1969-30/8/1969

B. Special Care Nursery Admission Registers, 1980-1991: Special Care Nursery Admission Register, 1985-1986, along with Special Care Nursery Weight Statistics, 1980-1982, generally record, date of birth, sex of child, classification, name and address, name of paediatrician, gestation period, type of delivery, diagnosis, whether under observation or intensive care, type of ventilation and date of discharge (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/4); Special Care Nursery Admission Register, 7/7/1986-30/6/1987 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/4); Special Care Nursery Admission Register, 1/7/1987-8/11/1988 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/4); Special Care Nursery Admission Register, 9/11/1988-9/5/1990 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/4); Special Care Nursery Admission Register, 10/5/1990-7/1/1991 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/5); Special Care Nursery Admission Register, 1/1/1991-31/12/1991 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/5)

VI. St. MARGARET’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL AND NURSING STAFF, 1944-1986

A. Medical Records, 1944-1962: Medical Records, being a small sample of miscellaneous medical records of obstetric and paediatric cases including some records of infants with haemolytic disease (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/5)

B. Unofficial Baptismal Registers, 1981-1996: Unofficial baptismal register, 5/1/1986-31/8/1996; along with Register of Baptismal Certificates posted to Sacred Heart Church, Darlinghurst, 2/3/1981-27/12/1984; 5/1/1986 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/5)

VII. St. MARGARET’S HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF MIDWIFERY, 1936-1945

Midwifery Nurse Obstetric Case Books, 1936-1945: Abdominal Examinations, recording student’s name and date training commenced, patient’s name, department, date of examination, remarks, 1936-1945 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/6X); Obstetric Casebook, recording patient and case details, may including name, age and religion of patient, gestation period, details of labour, sex weight and length of child, 1937-1941 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/7X); Obstetric Casebook Midwives, 1941-1943 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/8X); Midwifery Nurse Obstetric Record, recording student’s name, age, address, date of entrance, date of certification, number of cases attended, remarks and signature of student, may also include patient’s name, date of confinement and sex of child, 1939-1944 (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/9X)

VIII. SCRAPBOOKS, ca.1897-ca.1902: Scrapbook of cuttings and photographs of actors, singers and entertainers appearing on Sydney and Melbourne stages (Call No.: MLMSS 6711/17X)