Royal Eastern Counties Institution for Mental Defectives, Colchester

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Date:	1859-2003
Places:	Colchester, Essex
Functions, occupations and activities:	Health and social care > Hospitals
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C64788 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O98883 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1859-20th cent: records	Essex Record Office	A/HN 2	See Annual Return 2001
2	1896-1972: minutes 1896-1957, register c1922-46 and visitors books 1948-72	Essex Record Office	A/HN 2	See Annual Return 2008
3	1903-2003: sample of special educational needs (SEN) patient files	Essex Record Office	A13509	See Annual Return 2012