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- 1886-1971 (Creation)
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0.81 linear metres
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Biographical history
Fulham Hospital began life as the Fulham Union Infirmary in 1884 and was based in St Dunstan's Road. On the same site and closely associated with the Infirmary were Fulham Union Workhouse and Parsons Green Receiving Home for Children, all run by the Fulham Board of Guardians. The hospital became a training school for nurses in 1898.
At the beginning of WW1 wounded soldiers from the Ypres battleground were brought to Fulham. In 1915 the War Office took over the workhouse and Infirmary - as it did with several other Poor Law institutions - and they became the Fulham Military Hospital. In 1925 it was renamed St Christopher's Hospital but one month later the decision was reversed and the name became 'Fulham Hospital' (not to be confused with the Fulham Hospital in Seagrave Road, which became the Western Hospital in 1885, see H78).
On the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, the hospital came under the administration of the Chelsea & Kensington Hospital Management Committee. In 1959 it became part of the Charing Cross Group in anticipation of the building of a new Charing Cross hospital on its site which would incorporate the services of Fulham Hospital.
Fulham Hospital closed in January 1973 and services were transferred to the new Charing Cross Hospital built on the same site. The new hospital merged the services of Fulham Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital and later West London Hospital.
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GB 0074 H77 1886-1971 Collection 0.81 linear metres Fulham Hospital , 1925-1973
xx Fulham Union Infirmary , 1884-1915
xx Fulham Military Hospital , 1915-1925
xx St Christopher's Hospital , 1925
Fulham Hospital began life as the Fulham Union Infirmary in 1884 and was based in St Dunstan's Road. On the same site and closely associated with the Infirmary were Fulham Union Workhouse and Parsons Green Receiving Home for Children, all run by the Fulham Board of Guardians. The hospital became a training school for nurses in 1898.
At the beginning of WW1 wounded soldiers from the Ypres battleground were brought to Fulham. In 1915 the War Office took over the workhouse and Infirmary - as it did with several other Poor Law institutions - and they became the Fulham Military Hospital. In 1925 it was renamed St Christopher's Hospital but one month later the decision was reversed and the name became 'Fulham Hospital' (not to be confused with the Fulham Hospital in Seagrave Road, which became the Western Hospital in 1885, see H78).
On the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, the hospital came under the administration of the Chelsea & Kensington Hospital Management Committee. In 1959 it became part of the Charing Cross Group in anticipation of the building of a new Charing Cross hospital on its site which would incorporate the services of Fulham Hospital.
Fulham Hospital closed in January 1973 and services were transferred to the new Charing Cross Hospital built on the same site. The new hospital merged the services of Fulham Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital and later West London Hospital.
Deposited at Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local Studies in 1967 and 2005.
Transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre in 2015.
Records of Fulham Hospital (1886 - 1971) including: Visitors Books; Specifications for Building Works; Engineers Department files; Staff Records; Baptism Register; Plans and Photographs. Also includes the following patient records: Registers of Cases (Births); Operations Books; Registers of Deaths and Patients' Notes.
Arranged in sections as follows:
H77/A: Administration
H77/B: Patients' Records
H77/C: Staff Records
H77/G: Chaplain's Records
H77/P: Plans
H77/PH: Photographs.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 2018.
Copyright rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
SC/PHL/02/0555 Special Collections Photograph Library, General Subjects Box 555 contains many photographs of Fulham Union Infirmary, some of which are available through the Collage picture archive.
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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited at Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local Studies in 1967 and 2005.
Transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre in 2015.
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Scope and content
Records of Fulham Hospital (1886 - 1971) including: Visitors Books; Specifications for Building Works; Engineers Department files; Staff Records; Baptism Register; Plans and Photographs. Also includes the following patient records: Registers of Cases (Births); Operations Books; Registers of Deaths and Patients' Notes.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged in sections as follows:
H77/A: Administration
H77/B: Patients' Records
H77/C: Staff Records
H77/G: Chaplain's Records
H77/P: Plans
H77/PH: Photographs.
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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, 2018.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
SC/PHL/02/0555 Special Collections Photograph Library, General Subjects Box 555 contains many photographs of Fulham Union Infirmary, some of which are available through the Collage picture archive.
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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- English