GB 0100 TH/CLR 2 - Cholera and choleraic diarrhoea casebook of St Thomas's Hospital

1 volume

GB 0100 TH/CLR 2 1853-1854 Sub-fonds of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School 1 volume Unidentified
Cholera was endemic in London during the nineteenth century, and epidemics were a regular feature of life. An epidemic broke out in London in 1853, where a total of 10,675 people died of the disease. There was another outbreak of the disease in 1854, with the worst hit areas being Southwark, Lambeth and Soho.

Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Casebook of St Thomas's Hospital, 1854, recording details of 149 cases of cholera and choleraic diarrhoea admitted to the hospital, by an unidentified compiler, including printed instructions on hygiene practices from the Royal College of Physicians, 1853.

1 volume

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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Sources: Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School (1491-1900) D T Bird (London, 1984)Ref Code M120
Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. May 2002. Revised Jun 2004 Cholera Diseases England Europe Health services Hospitals London Medical institutions Pathology Patients Royal College of Physicians Social sciences Social welfare Southwark St Thomas' Hospital , London UK Western Europe Infectious diseases

Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Casebook of St Thomas's Hospital, 1854, recording details of 149 cases of cholera and choleraic diarrhoea admitted to the hospital, by an unidentified compiler, including printed instructions on hygiene practices from the Royal College of Physicians, 1853.

1 volume

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

• inglês

• latim

English

Detailed catalogue

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.

• inglês