Patient Records.

ArchivalResource

Patient Records.

Patient Records.

1908-1975

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Records containing information on patients, many on individual patients. They include movement of population records (1908-1975); monthly reports to the State Board/Dept. of Health (1932-1947, 1952-1954); patient admission/application files (1909-1961), examination/X-ray records (1920-1953) and social histories (1953-1961); post-mortem reports (1920-1927, 1935-1961), death records (1921-1953), and cemetery record (1940-1947, 1959); patient follow-up letters (1934-1940); and birth certificate stubs (1937-1941). The movement of population records are divided into several daily, weekly, and monthly subsections and contain data on admission, discharge, and population statistics--female, male, resident, non-resident, and Indian. The monthly reports include details on patients diagnosed in or admitted to the sanatorium. The patient admission/application files include patient application forms, correspondence, and discharge data, while the examination/X-ray records mainly concern non-patients served at the sanatorium or off-site by sanatorium staff, particularly among the Indian population and at schools and public screenings, often under the auspices of the Christmas Seal program. The social histories detail individual patient's family and background. The post-mortem reports, death records, and cemetery record document patient deaths and burials. The patient follow-up letters are questionnaires submitted to former patients seeking data on their health and treatment since discharge.

13.0 cubic feet (13 boxes).

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts