1950 · Medical Records · Werk 593 von 1.871

A punched card printed with ruled field boxes across its top, a stiff buff card with one corner cut, ruled into columns with the digits 0 to 9 printed down each column, rectangular holes punched in a scattered pattern, the punched pattern alone carrying the record, the card filed in a tray with several hundred others behind a plain guide tab, a ward register open beside the tray with ruled lines and clear entry spaces, the card close to the lens, the tray and the register behind in soft focus, a hospital records office lit by fluorescent tubes.
Was die Quellen offenlassen: Das oft genannte Startjahr 1949 für die Hospital In-Patient Enquiry war nicht zu bestätigen; belegt sind der Aktenbestand RG 26/112 (1948-1955) und Stichprobenanweisungen von März 1955; Rivett nennt als Beginn "Since 1948". Zahlen zur amerikanischen Professional Activity Study lagen hinter Schranken und fehlen deshalb ganz.