Scope and Content Note
This series consists of nine bound and two unbound volumes reporting guards' observations of inmates at Matteawan who had suicidal tendencies. Ten of the logs record guards' observations on an inmate for as long as the inmate was placed on special watch. Observations are recorded usually at half hour intervals, twenty four hours a day. The entry will provide the patient's name and number, the officer assigned the special watch, relieving officer, and actions made by the inmate or taken by the officer.
Volume two records names of officers assigned to special watch, and the names, wards, and numbers of inmates they are to watch; names of visitors to the ward (if from outside Matteawan, the reason for the visit); and a census figure of the ward for the shift recorded.
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