Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1808-1952 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.5 linear metre
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Eastern Dispensary was founded in 1782 in Great Alie Street, Stepney, moving to new premises in Leman Street in 1858. Owing to wartime difficulties it closed in September 1940 and in 1944 the building was leased to the Jewish Hospitality Committee. After the Second World War it was proposed that the Dispensary should be transferred to the London Hospital. This proved unacceptable to the Charity Commissioners, and the assets were transferred to the Marie Celeste Samaritan Society by a Charity Commission scheme in 1952.
Repository
Archival history
RLHED 1808-1952 Collection (fonds) 0.5 linear metre Eastern Dispensary
The Eastern Dispensary was founded in 1782 in Great Alie Street, Stepney, moving to new premises in Leman Street in 1858. Owing to wartime difficulties it closed in September 1940 and in 1944 the building was leased to the Jewish Hospitality Committee. After the Second World War it was proposed that the Dispensary should be transferred to the London Hospital. This proved unacceptable to the Charity Commissioners, and the assets were transferred to the Marie Celeste Samaritan Society by a Charity Commission scheme in 1952.
Transferred by the Secretary of the Marie Celeste Samaritan Society in 1984.
Administrative records.
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Open.
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English
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Originally compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Updated by Clare Button, Archivist, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. 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. June 2001, updated April 2020. Drugs Eastern Dispensary England Europe Health services Life sciences London Medical centres Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Medical treatment Personnel Pharmacists Pharmacology Social sciences Social welfare Stepney Surgery Therapy UK Western Europe People by occupation People Tower Hamlets
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred by the Secretary of the Marie Celeste Samaritan Society in 1984.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Administrative records.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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See Scope and content.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copying and digitisation services are available for unrestricted material. Researchers should contact the repository in the first instance.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Subject access points
- Pharmacology » Drugs
- Health services
- Life sciences
- Health services » Medical centres
- Medical profession » Medical personnel
- Medical profession
- Medical sciences
- Therapy » Medical treatment
- Personnel
- Medical profession » Medical personnel » Pharmacists
- Pharmacology
- Social sciences
- Social welfare
- Medical sciences » Surgery
- Therapy
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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