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Note Oakley separated from Carrington in 1972
Children, young persons and vulnerable adults in disability and mental health situation
Gender: Mixed
Capacity: 1005 beds in 1969
(In 1981 survey, with separated Hospitals, Carrington had 447 patients)
Controlling organisation: Waitemata DHB and predecessors; State control
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1064 Stores book 1895-1901
1066 Stores inwards goods receipt book 1943-1945
5095 Carrington Staff medical index cards c.1970-1990
5101 Trust Register ? - 1980; 1104 Indexes to multiple number subject files 1968-?
1082 Card index to patients 1916-?
5096 Carrington subject files 1986-1992
4486 Oakley and Carrington Closed Patient Files 1963-1975
1041 Index books of chronic patients 1916-?1968
4271 Newspaper and magazine clippings c.1960-1980
4318 Recordbook - Farm produce sold 1915-1962
4275 Psychological Clinic - patient cards 1955-1960
4269 Papers relating to Whare Paia Inquiry c.1985-c.1989
4270 Mansell Watene Inquiry c.1989-1992
4276 Audio tapes - Dr Savage's research c.1970-c.1983
4273 Publications and Reports 1940-1986
4310 General Administration Records 1940-1971
4312 Carnival and Centennial Celebrations papers 1967-1978
5094 Carrington unregistered records 1970-1992
1038 Registers of mechanical restraint and seclusion 1921-1965
1079 Hospital administration multiple number subject files 1911-1968
1058 Medical Superintendant's outward letterbook 1973-1985
1060 Daily ration book 1903-1904
Meat and fish daily distribution books 1933-1939
1062 Egg return book 1948-1966
1063 Consumable stores daily distribution 1956-1957
1065 Stores ledgers 1886-1907
1067 Register of livestock 1955-1967
1068 Cash book 1898-1901
1069 Stores requisition butt books 1887-1888
1071 Salary record book 1913-1922; 1072 Staff service books 1905-1913
1073 Attendants duty / leave book 1896-1915
1074 Staff and patient work book 1938-195
1075 Visitors' book 1891-1911
1077 Record of monthly admissions, discharges, deaths and maintenance payments 1883
1078 Hospital statistics, annual returns and notes 1872-1951
1080 Charge attendants' daily report sheets 1888
1085 Medical report letterpress book 1911-1913
1087 Stores return sheets c.1920-1925
1100 Medical Journal 1902-1905
1101 Loose-leaf case files 1916-?1968
1103 Hospital administration correspondence 1911-1940
1017 Registers of admissions 'B' 1853-1879
1036 Registers of discharge, removal and death 1869-1917
1044 Record book of investigations into relatives' ability to pay maintenance 1890-1899
1045 Maintenance payment ledger 1885-1910
1047 Patients property book 1907-1911
1049 Casebook of patients at Motuihi Island 1895
1040 Postmortem record books 1905-1968
1091 Northland psychiatric clinic reports and correspondence 1949-1959
1092 Psychological clinic social workers reports 1948-1953
1093 Psychological clinic reports on armed forces personnel 1948-1955
1098 Psychological clinic patient reports 1949-1959
1094 Miscellaneous patient reports and correspondence 1951-1960
1086 Patients' ward report cards, Oakley 1965-1968
1096 Correspondence and reports on prisoners 1951-1959
1028 Voluntary Boarder case files 1912-1968
1099 Oakley Official Visitors' Books 1868-1973
1095 Case reports for Justice, Police and Child Welfare Departments 1959-1963
1089 Psychological Clinic case notes 1949-1955
1081 Hospital administration multiple number subject files 1940-1968
1102 Psychological Clinic statistics 1948-1954
1097 Oakley Hospital tuberculosis checks 1951-1965
1088 Register of voluntary boarder discharges and transfers, Oakley Hospital 1956-1968
1025 Committed patient case files 1853-1869
1048 Casebooks 1853-1916; 1023 Registers of remanded patients 1912-1968
1024 Registers of patients absent on trial 1879-1967
1027 Remanded patient case files 1914-1960
1037 Registers of discharge and transfer 1918-1968
1039 Registers of escapes 1936-1963
1042 Register of World War II soldier patients 1941-1954
1043 Auckland Psychological Clinic record book 1938-1947
1046 Record book of patients' medication 1934-1936
1022 Index book of daily admissions 1954-1968
1020 Registers of voluntary boarders 1912-1968
1021 Registers of committed patient admissions 1853-1968
1056 Wolfe Home dormitory observation book 1931-1932
1076 Register of World War I soldier patients 1914-1919
1057 Patient weight book 1900-1967
1070 Staff sickness and accident report book 1935-1940
1029 Registers of deaths 1918-1968
1090 Psychiatric Clinic case notes and reports 1930-1952
15441 Livestock returns 1955-1967
15444 Staff appointment registers 1908-1965
15446 Ministry of Works vote register 1956-1964
4311 Documents relating to patients 1929-c.1985
22608 Carrington Hospital discharge registers 1972-1979
4263 Mortuary Register, Carrington Hospital 1948-1965
15439 Report Books, Oakley Hospital 1965-1968
15440 Admission cards, Oakley Hospital 1911-1973
15443 Patient notes, Trilafon trial group 1958-1959
15442 Admission sheets, Oakley Hospital 1965-1967
Admission follow-up sheets, Oakley Hospital 1965-1967
15447 Social Workers' Higher Duties Allowance diary, Oakley Hospital 1972
1420 Carrington Photographs and Negatives 1879-1973
4268 Staff cards c.1880-1950
1026 Committed patient case files 1853-1968
1084 Hospital administration multiple number subject files 1968-1978
1083 Historical records collection 1851-1978
1059 Medical Superintendents psychiatric clinic notebook 1925-1930
4274 Plans - Carrington Hospita
4272 Commission of Inquiry into Oakley Hospital c.1971
Under ABVH: 7204 Watene Inquiry papers 1990-1991
15284 Papers relating to the hearing of the Commission of Inquiry into Oakley Hospital 1971-1982
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