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Scope and Content Note

The series consists of log books recording information on inmates using "sick wing," "quarantine," and "nursery" facilities at Westfield State Farm. There are entries from April 1966 to March 1967 (volume 1) and from April 1967 to March 1968 (volume 2). Entries generally include date (of admission, diagnosis, report, or release); inmate name and number; whether a new or repeat patient; and remarks (reason for admission/discharge, if paroled). Summary information or recapitulations are sometimes present, giving totals of inmates under observation and/or cases reported.

Categories of information include admissions; pregnant inmates; tuberculosis reports; drug reports; venereal disease reports; "Fiske;" releases; and outside services (including York Heights Lab, North Westchester Hospital, Grasslands Hospital, and other services).