Registers of Probation

Registers contain patient admission number, name, sex, class (i.e. private or pauper, or after 5 July 1945 Section 3/4/5), date of last admission (recorded in DGH1/5/11/1 only), date of liberation on probation, date of expiry of probation, name and address of person to whom sent (recorded in DGH1/5/11/1 only), and result (e.g. readmitted, discharged relieved).

1864-1962

2 volumes

Patients were granted periods of probation which meant they were still under the certification of their Sheriff Warrant but could leave the hospital for a specific period. Many were discharged while on probation without having to return to hospital if it was felt they no longer required treatment.

Sheriff Warrants, DGH1/5/1/1, many volumes of which contain loose Sanctions by the General Board of Control for liberation of a patient on trial.

Enquiries for reproduction for commercial purposes should be directed to the Archivist, Dumfries and Galloway Archives and Local Studies

The papers are available at Dumfries and Galloway Archives subject to conditions of UK Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and NHS Records Management Code of Practice 2012. Subject to these restrictions, this material is being digitised by the University of Glasgow as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project. Material that is digitised will be accessed freely online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.