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Folio(s): 110-117. Name: Bert Cant. Rank: Private. Unit/Battalion/Regiment: 1/Machine...

Catalogue reference: MH 106/2216/76

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This record is about the Folio(s): 110-117. Name: Bert Cant. Rank: Private. Unit/Battalion/Regiment: 1/Machine... dating from 1919 May 3 - 1919 June 25 in the series War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen and Servicewomen. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MH 106/2216/76
Date
1919 May 3 - 1919 June 25
Description

Folio(s): 110-117.

Name: Bert Cant.

Rank: Private.

Unit/Battalion/Regiment: 1/Machine Gun Corps.

Service number: 170538.

Age: 27.

Hospital(s): No. 8 Stationary Hospital; Netley Hospital; Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington; The County of Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, St Albans.

Condition/Injury/Disease: Delusional Insanity'; Melancholia; 'Mental Instability'

Details and Outcome: Patient admitted from Lord Derby Hospital in a worried state, convinced he has syphilis 'and has infected his girl'. During course of treatment patient underwent multiple Wasserman tests. Patient attempted to take his own life on 7 February 1919. Further details given. Sent home for discharge 25 June 1919. Includes 4 medical case sheets and 4 lab reports.

Number of Pages: 8.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17466032/

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War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen and Servicewomen

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