DDR - Patient discharge, transfer and/or death registers and lists - Catalogue of the records held at Bethlem Museum of the Mind

Series DDR - Patient discharge, transfer and/or death registers and lists

Date Range	1782 - 1991, 1782-1810 and 1853-1991
Quantity	164 cm, 52 volumes
Provenance	Bethlem Royal Hospital
Description	The format of discharge, transfer and/or death registers changed several times between 1782 and 1991. From 1907 to 1965, deaths were recorded in separate volumes (DDR-15 to DDR-18), and a run of volumes giving brief details of discharge separate from the main run of volumes was maintained from 1910 to 1962 (DDR-19 to DDR-21).
Arranged	Arranged chronologically (usually by date of discharge), but grouped into runs where overlap occurs.
Access	Partially closed
Related Series
Related	ADA General admission and discharge registers 1918 - 1991 ARA General admission registers 1683 - 1973
Part of	05 Registers: admission and discharge

Inventory Listing

DDR-01	Discharge register
	Including details of leave of absence between February 1782 and September 1785. Click here for online page by page access to this casebook. (Access is by subscription to Findmypast). Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1782 - 1810 Quantity 5.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-01 Series Box Number G7-5 Series DDR
DDR-02	Discharge register
	This register includes admission entries for criminal patients, and strictly speaking, these entries derive their provenance from the State Criminal Lunatic Asylum, as Bethlem officers were paid by the state to administer and provide care for criminal lunatics. Click here for online page by page access to this casebook. (Access is by subscription to Findmypast). Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range November 1853 - May 1861 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-02 Series Box Number H3-7 Series DDR
DDR-03	Discharge register
	This register includes admission entries for criminal patients, and strictly speaking, these entries derive their provenance from the State Criminal Lunatic Asylum, as Bethlem officers were paid by the state to administer and provide care for criminal lunatics. Click here for online page by page access to this casebook. (Access is by subscription to Findmypast). Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range May 1861 - July 1868 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-03 Series Box Number H3-7 Series DDR
DDR-04	Discharge register
	Click here for online page by page access to this casebook. (Access is by subscription to Findmypast). Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range July 1868 - December 1877 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-04 Series Box Number H3-7 Series DDR
DDR-05	Discharge register
	Click here for online page by page access to this casebook. (Access is by subscription to Findmypast). Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range January 1878 - December 1884 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-05 Series Box Number H3-7 Series DDR
DDR-06	Discharge register
	Click here for online page by page access to this casebook. (Access is by subscription to Findmypast). Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range January 1885 - April 1890 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-06 Series Box Number H3-7 Series DDR
DDR-07	Discharge register
	Click here for online page by page access to this casebook. (Access is by subscription to Findmypast). Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range May 1890 - August 1895 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-07 Series Box Number H3-7 Series DDR
DDR-08	Discharge register
	Click here for online page by page access to this casebook. (Access is by subscription to Findmypast). Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range September 1895 - December 1903 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-08 Series Box Number H3-7 Series DDR
DDR-09	Register of removal, discharge and death
	Click here for online page by page access to this casebook. (Access is by subscription to Findmypast). Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1904 - 1906 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-09 Series Box Number H3-7 Series DDR
DDR-10	Discharge and transfer register
	Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1907 - 1921 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-10 Series Box Number G7-5 Series DDR
DDR-11	Register of discharge and transfer
	Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1921 - 1930 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-11 Series Box Number G7-5 Series DDR
DDR-15	Register of deaths
	Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1907 - 1927 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-15 Series Box Number G7-5 Series DDR
DDR-16	Register of deaths
	Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1927 - 1930 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-16 Series Box Number G7-5 Series DDR
DDR-19	Patients discharged book
	This item contains references to: registers. Item was closed until 1 January 2020 Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range July 1910 - December 1935 Quantity 3 cm, 1 volume Formats Register Inventory Identifier DDR-19 Series Box Number G8-5 Series DDR

Published by the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, 14 May 2014
Listed by The Archives Team
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