Patient records

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Creator:

Sloane Hospital for Women

Date [inclusive]:

1888-1928.

Languages:

English

Physical Description:

13 cubic feet (48 v., 5 cartons)

Collections:

Columbia University Irving Medical Center Archives
- Affiliate Hospitals
  Sloane Hospital for Women, 1887-

Access:

Because the records include Confidential Health Information (CHI) as defined by Columbia University policies governing data security and privacy, access is allowed only under the terms of Archives and Special Collections’ Access Policy to Records Containing Protected Health Information.

Because of staff constraints and the lack of a name index, Archives & Special Collections cannot search for individual records. Microfilm of much of Presbyterian’s post-1928 patient records are held by the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Medical Records Department and persons wishing to locate the records of individuals should contact them.

Boxes 1-5 are stored off-site and will take 1-2 days to retrieve. Researchers must call in advance to use the collection.

Call Number:

CUMC-0013

Control Number:

5564272

Abstract:

An incomplete set of medical records of women seen at Sloane Hospital, 1888-1928. Information in the records varies over time and by type of case. Besides general patient information, obstetrical records often include information on palpation, auscultation, vaginal examination, and urinalysis. There is usually a record of labor and often information on the new-born child.

Gynecological cases often include information about menstruation, marital status, personal health history, results of examination upon admission, results of surgery (if applicable), and pathological report.

After 1928, Sloane's patient records were interfiled with those of Presbyterian Hospital.

Cite as:

Sloane Hospital for Women Patient Records, Archives & Special Collections, Columbia University Health Sciences Library.

History and Biography

Historical/Biographical Note:

The Sloane Hospital for Women was founded in 1886 as Sloane Maternity Hospital with a donation by William D. Sloane and his wife, Emily Thorn Vanderbilt Sloane, to the College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S). Sloane opened on the P&S campus at West 59th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in January, 1888. Besides providing low-cost obstetric care, the Hospital served as a teaching facility for P&S students. The present name was adopted in 1910, and a gynecological service was added in 1911.

As part of the agreement of affiliation between Columbia University and Presbyterian Hospital, the University agreed to divest itself of its clinical units, and in 1925, Sloane Hospital became the obstetric and gynecological service of Presbyterian. With the opening of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in 1928, Sloane occupied three floors in the new Presbyterian Hospital building.

The obstetric/gynecology service remains known as Sloane Hospital for Women and is also the department of obstetrics and gynecology of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Organization

Arrangement:

The volumes are organized in three series: obstetric cases, obstetric cases not confined, and gynecological cases. They are arranged by case numbers in rough chronological order.

Starting in 1921, the casebook format was replaced by file folders. These records include all types of cases seen at Sloane in one series filed by case numbers in rough chronological order.

Scope and Content:

An incomplete set of medical records of patients seen at Sloane, 1888-1928. Content varies over time and by type of case. Besides the general patient information, obstetrical records often include information on palpation, auscultation, vaginal examination, and urinalysis. There is usually a record of labor and often information on the newborn child.

From 1928, Sloane’s patient records were interfiled with those of Presbyterian Hospital.

Box and Folder List:

I. Case Books: Obstetrics

Original Volume Number	Case Numbers	Dates
1	1-520	Jan. 1888 – Nov. 1889
2	521-1000	Sept. 1889 – Jan. 1891
3	1201-1300	Apr. 2 - May 26, 1891
11	2001-2100	June 20 – Aug. 6, 1892
20	2901-3000	Aug. 17 – Sept. 25, 1893
30	3901-4000	Oct. 12 – Nov. 18, 1894
54	6301-6400	July 3 – Aug. 7, 1897
81	9001-9100	Nov. 17 – Dec. 23, 1899
98	10701-10800	Apr. 2 – May 1, 1901
114	12301-12400	May 24 – June 20, 1902
129	13801-13900	July 3 – July 28, 1903
145	15401-15500	Aug. 7 – Sept. 5, 1904
163	17201-17300	Oct. 18 – Nov. 10, 1905
179	18801-18900	Nov. 20 – Dec. 13, 1906
182	19101-19200	Jan. 31 – Feb. 19, 1907
202	21101-21200	Mar. 30 – Apr. 20, 1908
22x	23001-23100	May 19 – June 12, 1909
240	24901-25000	July 15 – Aug. 2, 1910
263	27201-27300	Sept. 22 – Oct. 13, 1911
283	29201-29300	Nov. 19 – Dec. 10, 1912
288	29701-29800	Feb. 17 – Mar. 3, 1913
309	31801-31900	Apr. 17 – May 7, 1914
388	39701-39800	July 20 – Aug. 10, 1918
404	41301-41400	May 31 – June 21, 1919
426 pt. 1	43501-43550	July 31 – Aug. 16, 1920

Casebooks: Obstetrics: Cases not Confined

Original Volume Number	Case Numbers	Dates
1	1-100	Jan. 25, 1897 – Dec. 11, 1899
5	401-500	Mar. 2, 1904 – Sept. 3, 1905
7	601-700	Dec. 12, 1906 – Nov. 10, 1907
9	801-900	Nov. 25, 1908 – Dec. 9, 1909
11	1001-1100	Dec. 7, 1910 – Aug. 28, 1911
13	1201-1300	June 10, 1912 – May 29, 1913
20	1901-2000	Oct. 15, 1918 – June 30, 1919
22 pt. 2	2154-2200	Oct. 22, 1920 – Feb. 2, 1921
24	2301-2323	Sept. 12, 1921 – Sept. 30, 1921

Casebooks: Gynecological

Original Volume Number	Case Numbers	Dates
1 pt. 1	1-50	Mar. 7 – Mar. 29, 1911
2 pt. 2	151-200	June 9– July 31, 1911
4 pt. 1	301-350	Nov. 21, 1911 – Jan. 6, 1912
4 pt. 2	351-400	Jan. 8 – Feb. 19, 1912
11 pt. 2	1051-1100	May 26 – June 28, 1913
17 pt. 1	1601-1650	July 13 – Aug. 22, 1914
28 pt. 2	2751-2800	Sept. 13 – Oct. 22, 1916
35 pt. 1	3451-3500	Nov. 23, 1917 – Jan. 4, 1918
38 pt. 2	3751-3800	June 6 – July 15, 1918
41 pt. 2	4451-4471	Mar. 2 – Apr. 7, 1920
44 pt. 1	4301-4350	Nov. 24, 1919 – Jan. 6, 1920
48 pt. 2	4726-4750	Dec. 27, 1920 – Nov. 13, 1921
50 pt. 2	4926-4950	June 9, 1921 – July 2, 1921
51 pt. 2	5031-5061	Sept. 1, 1921 – Sept. 29, 1921