| Reference Number | S22/6/6 |
| Catalogue Level | Item |
| Title | Isle of Man Ballamona Hospital: Leslie Skene, Medical Superintendent, Correspondence |
| Date | 1931-1943 |
| Description | Collection of papers that seems to have been collected, produced and maintained by Leslie Skene, Medical Superintendent. Among various subjects, it contains copies of correspondence with patients, patients' family, members of the Government and potential staff. Includes copies of financial summaries from the Mental Hospital and the Infirmary cash books. It also contains patients' admission papers and information related to internees camps, correspondence with suppliers, and letter drafts. |
| Notes | In this catalogue you may find terminology or language included in historical record titles and descriptions that are today considered offensive or pejorative. These terms have been retained in the catalogue in order to reflect the historical accuracy of the record. All such terms will appear in inverted commas and they are in no way representative of views or opinions of the Isle of Man Government in the 21st Century. The only exception where inverted commas have not been used is for administrative bodies that carried the expression 'Lunatic' in their title, as this was the formal name of the institution itself. We apologise for any offence that our inclusion of these words may cause. |
| Closed until 1 Jan 2044 |
| Format | Paper |
| Arrangement of Series | These records arrived under the title 'Miscellaneous Correspondence' in a Banker's style box and subdivided into unordered office boxes and envelopes. They seem to have been maintained by Dr Skene. There is a chronological - although imprecise - order and a sub-organisation to the correspondence that was not tampered with.
The correspondence was split into 5 boxes due to preservation needs and each covers roughly the following years:
-box 4/1: 1945-1946
-box 4/2: 1940-1942
-box 4/3: 1940-1944
-box 4/4: 1935-1939
-box 4/5: 1940-1941
The physical division in smaller containers was maintained by transferring those records into folders. |
| Access | Closed |
| Access Conditions | These records currently closed to public access for 100 years under the Public Records Act - Public Records Order 2015 as the records contain sensitive personal information (categories B2, C2). Please contact the Isle of Man Public Record Office for further information: public.records@gov.im |
| Extent | 5 boxes |
| AltRefNo | C17/29 |
| C17/23 |
| AccNo | A35 |