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Department of Public Charities, 1885-1929

Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Almshouse ledgers collection


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This volume contains admissions information for the Charity hospital on Blackwell's Island. Columns are labeled as follows: Date of Admission, Name, Age, Nativity, Time Occupation, Condition, No. of Ward, Disease, Result (discharge or death), Date and Remarks. Remarks include transfers to the Asylum or Almshouse. Occupations include shoemaker, laborer or domestics for women. Arrangement is alphabetical and chronological.

REC0008_05_126

This volume contains admissions information for the hospitals on Blackwell's Island. Columns are labeled as follows: Date (of Admission), Name, Age, Nativity, Time Occupation, Condition, No. of Ward, Disease, Result, Date (discharge or death) and Remarks. Arrangement is alphabetical.

REC0008_05_128

Columns in this discharge ledger are labeled as follows: Name, Age, Admitted (date), Remarks. Entries from June 1910 to the end of the record keeping have the added column of Religion. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_05_159

The columns in this volume are labeled as follows: Name, Date of Admission, Age, Nativity, Cause, By Whom Admitted, Occupation, How Long in United States and Where Landed, Remarks and Location. This volume documents male inmates only. Arrangement is alphabetical.

REC0008_05_209

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