Collection H68/AM - ATKINSON MORLEY HOSPITAL

Identity area

Reference code

H68/AM

Title

ATKINSON MORLEY HOSPITAL

Date(s)

  • 1938 - 1983 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.38 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Atkinson Morley Hospital, Copse Hill, Wimbledon was founded in 1869, following a donation from Atkinson Morley, as a convalescent home for patients at Saint George's Hospital. Atkinson Morley was a Governor of Saint George's. During the Second World War, a neurosurgery unit was established at the hospital by Sir Wylie McKissock. After the war, it was decided to develop the hospital as a neuroscience centre and to gradually reduce its use as a convalescent home. In 2003, the neurology services were relocated to a purpose built wing at Saint George's Hospital, Tooting and the hospital closed. The Wolfson Rehabilitation Centre remained on the site in Wimbledon.

The hospital has been administered by the following:

1869 - 1948: Atkinson Morley Hospital/ Saint George's Hospital

1948 - 1974: Saint George's Hospital Teaching Group of South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board

1974 - 1982: Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Area Health Authority of South West Thames Regional Hospital Board

1982 - 1993: Wandsworth District Health Authority of South West Thames Regional Hospital Board

1993 - 2003: Saint George's Healthcare NHS Trust.

Archival history

H68/AM 1938 - 1983 Collection 1.38 linear metres Atkinson Morley Hospital , Wimbledon

Atkinson Morley Hospital, Copse Hill, Wimbledon was founded in 1869, following a donation from Atkinson Morley, as a convalescent home for patients at Saint George's Hospital. Atkinson Morley was a Governor of Saint George's. During the Second World War, a neurosurgery unit was established at the hospital by Sir Wylie McKissock. After the war, it was decided to develop the hospital as a neuroscience centre and to gradually reduce its use as a convalescent home. In 2003, the neurology services were relocated to a purpose built wing at Saint George's Hospital, Tooting and the hospital closed. The Wolfson Rehabilitation Centre remained on the site in Wimbledon.

The hospital has been administered by the following:

1869 - 1948: Atkinson Morley Hospital/ Saint George's Hospital

1948 - 1974: Saint George's Hospital Teaching Group of South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board

1974 - 1982: Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Area Health Authority of South West Thames Regional Hospital Board

1982 - 1993: Wandsworth District Health Authority of South West Thames Regional Hospital Board

1993 - 2003: Saint George's Healthcare NHS Trust.

Records deposited in 1996, 2005 and 2007.

Records of Atkinson Morley Hospital, Wimbledon, including admission and discharge registers, death registers, registers of operations, operating theatre lists, registers of subarachnoid haemorrhage cases.

Administrative records are uncatalogued as of February 2012, please see staff for further details.

These records are arranged as follows:

H68/AM/B/01 Patients' records: admission and discharge registers;

H68/AM/B/02 Patients' records: death registers;

H68/AM/B/03 Patients' records: registers of operations;

H68/AM/B/04 Patients' records: operating theatre lists;

H68/AM/B/05 Patients' records: registers of subarachnoid haemorrhage cases.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

See also South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board (LMA/4431/A), South West Thames Regional Health Authority (LMA/4431/B), South Thames Regional Health Authority (HA/ST), Saint George's Hospital (H68/SG).

Papers relating to the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner in the UK, at the Atkinson Morley Hospital, Wimbledon, including brain scans, 1974-1976, are held among the records of the Neurosurgery Department of the London Hospital, Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum, reference LH/NS.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

February 2012.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in 1996, 2005 and 2007.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Atkinson Morley Hospital, Wimbledon, including admission and discharge registers, death registers, registers of operations, operating theatre lists, registers of subarachnoid haemorrhage cases.

Administrative records are uncatalogued as of February 2012, please see staff for further details.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

These records are arranged as follows:

H68/AM/B/01 Patients' records: admission and discharge registers;

H68/AM/B/02 Patients' records: death registers;

H68/AM/B/03 Patients' records: registers of operations;

H68/AM/B/04 Patients' records: operating theatre lists;

H68/AM/B/05 Patients' records: registers of subarachnoid haemorrhage cases.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board (LMA/4431/A), South West Thames Regional Health Authority (LMA/4431/B), South Thames Regional Health Authority (HA/ST), Saint George's Hospital (H68/SG).

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Papers relating to the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner in the UK, at the Atkinson Morley Hospital, Wimbledon, including brain scans, 1974-1976, are held among the records of the Neurosurgery Department of the London Hospital, Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum, reference LH/NS.

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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