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Institution Kew Mental Hospital (1934 - 1959)

From
1934
Princess St and Yarra Boulevard, Kew, Victoria, Australia
To
1959
Population
General Psychiatric patients

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Numbers of Patients:

1945:
912 male and female patients

1953:
876 male and female patients

1955:
492 male patients
464 female patients

Timeline

 1872 - 1905 Kew Lunatic Asylum
       1905 - 1934 Kew Hospital for the Insane
             1934 - 1959 Kew Mental Hospital
                   1959 - 1988 Kew Psychiatric Hospital
                          - 1988 Willsmere Hospital

Government Publications

Reports

  • Stoller, Allan, Report on Mental Health Facilites and Needs of Australia, K. W. Arscott, A.J. Arthur Government Printing Office, Canberra, 1955. pp. 63-4; 176. Details

Digital resources

Title
Kew. Mental Hospital
Type
Image
Source
Picture Australia. Item held by State Library of Victoria

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