Description:St Matthew’s Hospital, Burntwood case note extract for Annie Podmore, servant, 26: ‘has weak intellect’ …’ has lived in Tamworth workhouse practically all her life’. Annie was discharged after 3 years at the hospital but returned to the workhouse.
In the Victorian era men and women with mental health conditions were sent to the Asylum. These women were treated at St Matthew’s Hospital, Burntwood. The photographs are in their case notes, which include background information about their lives.
The personal histories of the people shown here are contained in these written records produced by the hospitals, and now held by the Archive Service. To request these records contact Staffordshire Record Office by following the resource link on the right.