| Description | Contains an unbroken series of reports for the period January 1870 until July 1982 with the exception of the period, July 1920 until July 1936. Reports contain patient name, age, disease, date of admission and date of death. Includes monthly figures on number of male and female patients in the hospital. The positions of matron and head nurse were amalgamated in 1887 to create the post, 'Lady Superintendent'. Reference: The Royal Hospital Donnybrook, A Heritage of Caring 1743-1993. Helen Burke, University College Dublin, 1993. Thereafter, volumes of the 'Matron's Report Book' were titled 'Lady Superintendent's Report Book'. The reporting approach remained the same and internal pages of the reports retained the title, 'Matron's Report'. |