ROCHESTER STATE HOSPITAL:

An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Medical Records and Reports at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Rochester State Hospital (Minn.).
Title:Miscellaneous Medical Records and Reports.
Dates:1892-1982.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Includes prescription records, casualty reports, dental reports, tuberculosis reports, monthly death reports, electroconvulsive therapy statistics, physicians' daily reports, and miscellaneous clinical reports.
Quantity:1.6 cubic feet (5 volumes and 10 folders).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Rochester State Hospital (Minn.). Miscellaneous Medical Records and Reports. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 983-23; 982-131

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001704586


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
118.E.16.8FPrescription Record, 1910-1912. 1 volume.
Includes index.
Prescription Record for Men, 1898-1911. 1 volume.
Includes index.
Location
114.B.10.16FCasualty Reports, 1938-1950. 1 volume.
Monthly lists of patient injuries.
Monthly Dental Reports, 1940-1964. 1 volume.
Statistics on types of dental work performed.
Monthly Tuberculosis Report to the Health Board, 1914-1939. 1 volume.
Includes report on diphtheria epidemic (1911), and typhoid cases (1911).
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114.B.11.1BMiscellaneous Clinical Reports, 1929-1940.
Largely records of inoculations for malaria.
Monthly Death Reports, 1947-1982. 6 folders.
Lists of patient deaths submitted to the Health Department. Appear to be the only death records for this date span.
Electronics Therapy Statistics, 1964-1975.
Summary statistics on number of treatments given each month.
Physicians! Daily Reports to Superintendent, 1892-1893. 2 folders.
Patients coming and going, new cases of sickness, condition of sick, special treatments, escapes and accidents, seclusions and restraint, employee misbehavior, food complaints, repairs needed, and other remarks.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Electroconvulsive therapy.
Medical records -- Minnesota.
Medicine -- Minnesota -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Mentally ill -- Minnesota.
People with mental disabilities -- Minnesota -- Dental care.
People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
People with mental disabilities -- Mortality -- Minnesota.
Psychiatric hospital care -- Minnesota.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota -- Dental care.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
Tuberculosis -- Statistics -- Minnesota.
Places:
Minnesota -- Statistics, Vital.
Rochester (Minn.)
Document Types:
Death registers -- Minnesota.
Vital statistics -- Minnesota.

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