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Children's Hospital Statistics

 Collection
Identifier: AC-9

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of monthly statistics for 1943 to1960 of the number of patients admitted, treated, and discharged for each of the major departments, such as medicine, surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, etc. The collection also contains the monthly statistics of the number of patients seen in the outpatient clinics for 1904 to 1969. The outpatient clinics included the medical, surgical, orthopedic, emergency, adolescent, cerebral palsy, dental, and physical therapy clinics, among others. Some of the early outpatient department statistics contain daily descriptions of the weather and lists of the physicians responsible for the outpatients. Also included in this collection are the annual hospital statistical reports to various agencies, including the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the American Medical Association, and the American Hospital Association, as well as information pertaining to the Crippled Children’s Services and the hospital’s relationship with this program. One restricted set of files contains the addresses of patients and their parents, divided by year, state and/or country (for foreign patients).

Dates

  • 1904 - 1969

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted with the exception of folders #1.13 through #1.21. Please consult an archivist for more information.

Copyright and Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be discussed with the hospital archivist.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 standard carton)

Language of Materials

English

Acquisition

The records were transferred to the Hospital Archives prior to 1992.

Title
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL STATISTICS
Subtitle
Records, 1904-1969
Status
Completed
Author
Frances R. Overcash
Date
July 1998
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Boston Children’s Hospital Archives Repository

Contact:
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