This course looks at how health records can help with family history research. Records for general hospitals, maternity hospitals, asylums, sanatoriums and other health institutions will be looked at together with staff records. In addition it looks at selected epidemics and medical treatments that our ancestors might have been familiar with.
Course Content
Module 1
Introduction to Health Records
Note about Web Addresses
Websites
Introduction
Brief history of health in Australia
• Brief timeline
Epidemics
• Smallpox
• Bubonic plague
• Spanish Flu
• Poliomyelitis
Infectious disease hospitals
Occupational health issues
What are health records?
• Access
Resources for identifying & locating health records
• Archives
• Libraries
• Almanacs and Directories
• Newspapers
• Photographs
Summary
Module 2
General Hospital Records
Websites
Introduction
Why use hospital records?
• Types of hospital records
• Patient records
• Hospital buildings
Archives and Access
Public Hospitals
• Australian Capital Territory (Canberra)
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia
Private Hospitals
Subscription Websites
Summary
Module 3
Lying-In (Maternity) Hospitals
Websites
Introduction
Mortality Rate (Women and infants)
Lying-in hospitals
Midwives
Maternal and Child Welfare Clinics
Postpartum Depression
Indigence Allowance
Baby farming
Pregnancy Terminations
Summary
Module 4
Asylums
Websites
Introduction
What are asylums?
What the records tell us
Early History
Locating asylum records
• State Archives
• Access
• National Archives
Other resources
• Newspapers
• Photographs
• Subscription databases
• Specialist websites
Summary
Module 5
Other Health Institutions
Websites
Introduction
The voyage out and shipboard health
Quarantine stations
Sanatoriums
• Inebriate Institutes
Lazarets
Other institutions
• Dental hospitals
Museums, historical societies & genealogy/family history societies
• Ballarat and District Genealogical Society
• Western Australian Medical Museum
• Morisset Hospital Historical Society
• Nursing Museum, Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital
• Diamantina Health Care Museum
Summary
Module 6
Hospital Committees, Staff & Medical Treatments
Websites
Introduction
Hospital committees
Staff records
• Nurses and Midwives
General hospital staff
Dentists
Chemists, druggists and pharmacists
Specialist indexes
Professional associations and Trade unions
Hospital archives
Heritage associations
• Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association
Medical Treatments
Summary
Suggested Reading & Resources
• Microform
• CD ROM
• Books
• Articles
• Thesis
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