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From: "Peter Griffiths" <>
Subject: Post Mortem
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 21:09:08 -0000
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Dear Kate, Pat and All,

The recent Freedom of Information Act is meant to supersede the 100 year
rule, so there may be good news in it for genealogists. At least, that was
the view of the archivist at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel last
week. Of course, the Data Protection Act will limit access to the person
concerned and next-of-kin, though distant and uncontroversial records may be
open to all a lot sooner than the century we've been used to.

Good luck,

Peter Griffiths


----- Original Message -----
From: "pat.robertson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: Post Mortem


> Hello Kate,
>
> Most patient records from Mental Instituations are closed for 100 years.
If there are any records they are usually held by the local record office.
Is the hospital still there or has it been bought by a developer and turned
into a housing estate as have most of the old Asylum sites? Our local
Archives in Maidstone has a massive amount of records from the local Asylum.
I have researched some of the older ones and they do make very harrowing
reading. Pat Robertson Maidstone
> researching Britton and Manning in Essex.
>
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