Pill Tray - Mayday Hills Hospital, Wood & Metal, circa 1960

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This item is on display at Melbourne Museum

Summary:: Pill Tray - Mayday Hills Hospital, Wood & Metal, circa 1960. Pill tray used by nurses to distribute medications to patients at a mental health hospital Mayday Hills Hospital, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960. Possibly made onsite in the carpenter's workshop at Mayday Hills Hospital. Used into the 1980s
Description:: Circular piece of wood with three concentric grooves and embedded metal strip radiating from centre to form compartments. A cotton reel is nailed to the centre and from this extends a metal loop with which to carry the tray. Compartments are labelled with patient's name and medication in ink on adhesive cloth bandage.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, 1992

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	11.90 cm (Height), 35.60 cm (Width), 35.60 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	medicines, mental health, mental health institutions, pharmaceuticals, psychiatric hospitals
Themes this item is part of:	Past Treatment for Thinking Disorders, Psychiatric Institutions of the Past, History of Psychotropic Drugs, Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection
On Display at:	Melbourne Museum
Primary Classification:	MEDICINE & HEALTH
Secondary Classification:	Mental Health - Clinical
Tertiary Classification:	pharmaceuticals
Inscriptions:	Inscribed below many compartments, blue ink on adhesive cloth "[Patients' names and type and dose of medication]".
Place & Date Made:	Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960
Place & Date Used:	Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960