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Soap - Carbolic, Kew Mental Hospital, circa 1880
Reg. No: SH 850027
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- Summary:
- Bars of carbolic soap made and used at Kew Mental Hospital, a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia, circa 1880. Four patients at Kew Mental Hospital were employed to make 84,600 3lb bars of soap per year.
- Description:
- 3 bars and 12 broken pieces of greyish yellow handmade soap. The whole bars are 27 x 4 x 4cm but pieces range down to 3cm in length. Note 87.12 - totally disintegrated.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Kew Mental Hospital (Asylum), Office of Psychiatric Services
| Discipline: | History |
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| Tagged with: | hospitals, mental health, mental health institutions, psychiatric services |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Institutions of the Past, Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Institutional Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | cleaning |
| Place & Date Made: | Kew Mental Hospital (Asylum), Kew, Victoria, Australia, circa 1880 |
| Place & Date Used: | Kew Mental Hospital (Asylum), Kew, Victoria, Australia, circa 1880 |
| References: | Information included in display |
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