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This series contains records of daily activity in the NYJA and Children's Village, including visitor's registers, daily events, runaways, and medical and school records. They offer a fragmented but illuminating glimpse into daily operations at the institution.
Physicians' Certificates certified that children who entered the asylum system were in good physical and mental health and free of infectious diseases. Inspecting doctors could record any health problems that were present. Almost all the children were found to be healthy and given a clean bill of health.
The Doctor's Orders Books and Medical Logs were kept at the Children's Village infirmary. The former records medical treatments prescribed by physicians and the latter lists the complaints of children who visited the nurse each day.
Visitors' Logs
Box 83 Folder 2 1858- 1900
Box 84 Folder 1 1901-1905
Daily Log
Box 84 Folder 2 1899- 1902
Box 84 Folder 3 1914-1917
Box 133 Folder 2 1917-1921
Box 133 Folder 3 1936-1941
Box 85 Folder 1 Log of Runaways, 1929-1935
Children's Village "Day Book" (Admissions, Discharges, Enrollment--with Case Numbers)
Box 86 1925- 1933
Box 87 1933- 1940
Box 88 1940- 1941
Physicians' Certificates
Box 89 1886-1887
Box 90 1887- 1888
Box 91 1888- 1889
Box 92 1889- 1890
Box 93 1890- 1891
Box 94 1892- 1893
Box 134 1893- 1894
Box 135 1894- 1895
"Doctor's Orders Book"
Box 85 Folder 2 1949- 1951
Box 85 Folder 3 1951-1952
Medical Log
Box 85 Folder 4 1951- 1952
Folder 5 Notes on Treatment--Charles Jerome, 1899-1906
Box 95 Folder 1 1952-1953
School Records "Roll Books"
Box 95 Folder 2 1897- 1898 Volume 1, 1897- 1898
Box 96 Folder 1 1897-1898 Volume 2, 1897-1898