GB 0100 TH/CLR1 - Correspondence of St Thomas's Hospital relating to cholera

1 volume containing 8 letters

The letters were found in about 1946 after tidying up blitz damage to St Thomas's Hospital.
GB 0100 TH/CLR1 1831, 1835 Sub-fonds of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School records 1 volume containing 8 letters St Thomas's Hospital
Cholera was endemic in London during the nineteenth century, and epidemics were a regular feature of life. The first outbreak of Asiatic cholera in Britain was at Sunderland on the Durham coast during the Autumn of 1831. From there the disease made its way northward into Scotland and southward toward London, claiming 52,000 lives.

The letters were found in about 1946 after tidying up blitz damage to St Thomas's Hospital.

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

Correspondence between physicians of St Thomas's Hospital and the City of London Board of Health, [Court of Common Council], Guildhall, 1831, concerning the hospital's potential accommodation for patients in the event of an outbreak of cholera in London, with replies to the Secretary of St Thomas's from the physicians Henry Shuckburgh Roots, Robert Williams, Henry Burton and John Elliotson expressing their opinions on how patients should be managed. Also contains letter from Robert Williams concerning cases of 'ring worm', 1835; and printed copies of article 'The Cholera scare of 1831' from St Thomas's Hospital Gazette, Vol 44 No 3, June 1946

The letters are arranged chronologically.

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.
English
The letters have been guarded and filed.

Detailed catalogue

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); Old Ref. Codes M15, 20, 50, 117, 147, 151
The Victorian Web: http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/health/health10.html. 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 Burton , Henry , 1799-1849 , physician Cholera City of London Board of Health Diseases Elliotson , John , 1791-1868 , physician England Europe Health services Hospitals London Medical institutions Pathology Patients Roots , Henry Shuckburgh , 1785-1861 , physician Social sciences Social welfare Southwark St Thomas' Hospital , London UK Western Europe Williams , Robert , c 1787-1845 , physician Infectious diseases

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

Correspondence between physicians of St Thomas's Hospital and the City of London Board of Health, [Court of Common Council], Guildhall, 1831, concerning the hospital's potential accommodation for patients in the event of an outbreak of cholera in London, with replies to the Secretary of St Thomas's from the physicians Henry Shuckburgh Roots, Robert Williams, Henry Burton and John Elliotson expressing their opinions on how patients should be managed. Also contains letter from Robert Williams concerning cases of 'ring worm', 1835; and printed copies of article 'The Cholera scare of 1831' from St Thomas's Hospital Gazette, Vol 44 No 3, June 1946

The letters are arranged chronologically.

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.

• English

• Latin

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.

• English