Found this in my inbox this morning ...
"Thak you for your email enquiry concerning Highbury Hospital (formerly the infirmary for Basford Workhouse), which we received on the 3 June.
I checked the register of births (ref: Uhh P 7/1) and found entries for Mary Ann and John, as follows:
Uhh P 7/1
Date:Oct 5 1895
Name of parents or mother: Fisher, Mary Ann [the name of the child appears to have been entered here in error]
Parish from which admitted: Ilkeston
In what name baprized: Mary Ann
Uhh P 7/1
Date: 10 Nov 1905
Name of parents or mother: Fisher, Harriet
Parish from which admitted: Ilkeston
In what name baptized: John
The birth register covers 1899 but I could not find an entry for Alice.
I then checked the admission/discharge registers. Unfortunately, the earliest admission/discharge register we hold (ref Uhh P 1/1) begins on the 7 October 1895, which is just after Mary Ann's birth so there is no admission entry for Harriett. There is a discharge record for Harriett and Mary Ann though, containing the following information:
Uhh P 1/1
Date: 4 Nov 1895
Name: Fisher, Harriet
How discharged: Own request
Parish from whihc admitted: Ilkeston
Uhh P 1/1
Date: 4 Nov 1895
Name: Fisher, Mary Ann
How discharge: with mother
Finally, there is an admission record for John in another admission/discharge register (ref Uhh P 1/4):
Uhh P 1/4
Date: 10 Nov 1905
Name: Fisher. John
Religious persuasion: c of E
When born: 4.20am
Parish from which admitted: Ilkeston
By whose order admitted: Born
If born in the house, name of parents: Harriett
I looked through the entries for the weeks after John's birth but I could not find a discharge entry for him or Harriett. Unfortunately, names are entered in date order and there is no name index, and it is therefore necessary to look through each page until the relevant information is found, which can take some time. The records up to and including 1912 are accessible (patient records are closed for 100 years from the date of creation) and you can if you wish hire an independent researcher to visit us and carry out a more thorough search of the registers for you. For a list of researchers, please see
http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/learning/history/archives/enquiryresearchservices/archivesrecordagents/Please note that one register covering 1901-1905 (ref Uhh P 1/3) is too fragile and cannot be produced for visitors in the reading room."
