Logbooks of sick ward and nursery, 1966-1968.

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Logbooks of sick ward and nursery, 1966-1968.

The series consists of log books recording information on inmates using "sick wing," "quarantine," and "nursery" facilities at Westfield State Farm. There are entries from April 1966 to March 1967 (volume 1) and from April 1967 to March 1968 (volume 2). Entries generally include date (of admission, diagnosis, report, or release); inmate name and number; whether a new or repeat patient; and remarks (reason for admission/discharge, if paroled). Summary information or recapitulations are sometimes present, giving totals of inmates under observation and/or cases reported.

.2 cu. ft. (2 volumes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6696019

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Westfield State Farm.

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

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Bushwick Correctional Facility, located in Brooklyn, New York, was also known as Bushwick Rehabilitation Center and Bushwick Community Based Center. It was administered by the Narcotics Addiction Control Commission under the Office of Mental Hygiene, and served as a work release and general confinement facility from the late 1960s through the middle 1970s. From the description of Bushwick Correctional Facility inmate case files, 1956-1976. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record i...