Lancashire Record Office - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

__________________________________________________________________________Lancashire Record Office: What’s in it for Blackburn with Darwen?Hospital RecordsSome local hospitals have deposited records at Lancashire Record Office. Accessto material which contains sensitive information about patients is restricted for 100years.People suffering from mental illness would have been admitted to one of theLancashire asylums or mental hospitals.OurReference Hospital DescriptionUDOS14 Blackburn Isolation • Register of cases 1921-1941hospital, Park LeeHRBQ Blackburn Queen's Park • Registers and records of patients 1885-1964• Birth registers 1936-1952• Death registers 1914-1951• Minutes 1930-1948• Visitors' book 1948-1960• Staff records 1882-1950HRBK Blackburn Royal Infirmary • Minutes 1857-1948• Annual reports 1865-1947• Patients' registers and records 1924-1956• Mortuary registers 1948-1976• Financial records 1885-1957• Press cuttings 1911-1945• Visitors' report book 1920-1941HRBL Blackburn and DistrictHospital Managementcommittee• Minutes 1948-1974• Annual reports upon the health ofBlackburn 1881-1973• Annual reports on the school medicalCHCBlackburn, Hyndburn andRibble Valley CommunityHealth Councilservice in Blackburn 1940-1973• Minutes, reports, consultations andsurveys, correspondence andnewscuttings 1974-2003Order for the reception of Elizabeth Birtwistle of Blackburn into Whittingham Asylum,1876(HRW12/1/01518)42