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      • UF Community health services
      • UF Health care
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      • UF Social medicine
      • UF Médecine sociale
      • UF Service de soins communautaires
      • UF Service médical
      • UF Service sanitaire
      • UF Soins de santé
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      • UF Medicina social
      • UF Servicio médico
      • UF Servicio sanitario
      • UF Unidad sanitaria

      720 Archival description results for Health services

      GB 0113 MS-YEOI · Fonds · 1871-1880

      Casebook of Isaac Burney Yeo, 1871-1880.

      Yeo , Isaac Burney , 1835-1914 , physician
      YARROW CONVALESCENT HOME
      H02/YH · Subfonds · 1894-1964
      Part of WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL GROUP

      Records of the Yarrow Convalescent Home, comprising Committee of Management and House Committee minutes, 1939-1961; correspondence, 1947-1964; papers concerning the closure of the home, 1961-1963; papers regarding salaries, 1961-1963; correspondence relating to finances, 1957-1964 and legal papers, 1894-1947.

      Yarrow Convalescent Home , Westminster Hospital
      GB 0074 O/151 · Collection · 1702

      Volume containing "Articles of Enquiry at the Visitation of the Hospitall of the Savoy near the Strand in the County of Middlesex ... by the right Honourable Sir Nathan Wright, Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and as such visitor of all the Hospitalls of Royal foundation ..."

      Wright , Sir , Nathan , 1654-1721 , lawyer
      GB 2130 · 1617 to present day

      Papers of The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, 1617 to present day, chart the history of its development and its changing roles and activities and notably comprise constitutional records, 1617 to present day, including charters, grants of arms, rules and ordinances, and bye-laws; records of governance, 1617 to present day, including Court and committees' minutes and standing orders; membership records, c 1670s- present day, including Yeomanry and Livery lists, freedom admission registers, quarterage books and apprenticeship bindings, and financial records, 1626 to present day, including Wardens' accounts, ledgers, bonds and annual accounts.

      The collection also includes records concerning associated trade/professional organisations including the Royal College of Physicians of London, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of General Practitioners, University of London, Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and British Medical Association. Also those of specialist interest bodies of the Society, including The Friendly Medical Society, The Association of Physicians and Surgeons of the Society of Apothecaries Limited, The Association of Certificated Dispensers; the Society's educational charities The Faculty of History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy and The Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine; The Court of Examiners and Examinations Committee, including minutes, correspondence, lists of Licentiates including Elizabeth Garrett and Ronald Ross, lists of 'Assistants to an Apothecary', candidates' entry books, questions papers and marking sheets; Chelsea Physic Garden, including Garden Committee minutes, account books, catalogues of plants, deeds and photographs; the pharmaceutical manufacturing and retailing businesses including the Laboratory, Navy and United Stock companies; Society's awards and lectures including the Rogers Prize, Gillson Scholarship in Pathology, Galen Medal, Strickland Goodall Memorial Lecture and Gold Medal and the Keats Lecture.

      Papers include administrative and legal records, including those of the Clerk's office, Counsels' opinions, those concerning hospitality and ceremonial events, year books, Royal Addresses, Royal Commissions of Enquiry and staff records. Records of gifts and charities including Distressed Members' Fund, Widows' Fund, donations and bequests, and records of the Hall including deeds, plans, inventories, rentals, records of building works and photographs.

      Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
      H44 · Collection · 1912-1981

      Records of the Woolwich Memorial Hospital, Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority, and Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee, 1912-1981. Papers include committee minutes, reports, press cuttings, rules, case regsiters, plans and prospectuses.

      Woolwich Memorial Hospital x Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority , National Health Service Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee , National Health Service Woolwich Memorial Hospital x Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital
      WOOLWICH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

      Records of the Woolwich Memorial Hospital including Board of Management minutes and papers, 1926-1948; general Committee minutes, 1918-1956; annual reports, 1912-1947; Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1913; rules and bye-laws, 1914; plan of the hospital mortuary, 1927; midwives registers of cases, 1945-1975; scrapbook containing notices concerning building and opening of hospital and newspaper cuttings, 1924-1931 and colour prospect of Hospital by architects, Messrs W A Pite and Son and Fairweather, 1921.

      Woolwich Memorial Hospital
      H18 · Collection · 1935-1974

      Records of the Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee, comprising correspondence files, 1935-1974, on subjects including the Endowment and Amenities Fund; land and buildings of the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies; the constitution and reorganisation of the National Health Service; maternity services at the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies; the Medical Planning and Joint Health Services Committee; the standardisation of medical records; training schools for nurses; staff appointments and resignations and the Group Officers and Hospital Secretaries' Meeting.

      Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee
      WOOLWICH BOARD OF GUARDIANS
      WOBG · Collection · 1861-1932

      Records of the Woolwich Board of Guardians, 1861-1932, including minutes of meetings of the Board; correspondence with government departments including the Ministry of Health; orders for settlement, removal or relief; registers of lunatics; Woolwich Institution (workhouse) registers including admission and discharge, creed and deaths; Medical Officers record of examinations of inmates at the Woolwich Institution; registers of children in care including baptisms at the Woolwich Union Chapel, apprenticeship indentures, boarded out children, children at Roman Catholic establishments, children in the Infirmary, children in the workhouse and children held in outlying establishments (ones outside the Union); registers for Plumstead Workhouse, including admission and discharge and creed; admission and discharge registers for the Goldie Leigh Cottage Home for Children; quarterly returns of the British born wives and children of interned aliens [foreigners]; financial accounts and registers of staff.

      Woolwich Board of Guardians x Woolwich Poor Law Union
      GB 0099 KCLMA Woods T F M · Created 1932-1970

      Typescript thesis for MD (Doctor of Medicine), Dublin University, entitled 'The prevention of malaria in a military cantonment in northern India' [1933]. Correspondence, 1935-1954, mostly personal letters of thanks and congratulations, including letter from Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, following a visit to military hospitals in West Germany, 1950. Typescript 'An account of the first two years with the East African Groundnut Scheme' [1948]. Correspondence, pamphlets and certificates, relating to retirement from the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1961-1962, awards and appointments, 1950-1977, and the Royal Army Medical Corps centenary celebrations, 1960. Typescript minutes of meetings of the Council of Col Commandants, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1964-1969. Correspondence and papers relating to Royal Army Medical Corps Regimental ties, uniform and dress regulations, orders, decorations and medals, 1966-1968. Correspondence relating to visits to military establishments as Col Commandant, Royal Army Medical Corps, Jan-Dec 1967. Correspondence with the War Office, 1961, and the Ministry of Defence, 1969-1970, relating to pay and conditions of retirement as President of the Command Standing Medical Board, Military Hospital, Tidworth, Hampshire.

      Untitled
      GB 0120 GC/56 · Collection · 1906-1938

      Papers of Norah Woodman, 1906-1938, comprising an account of her training as a nurse in 1906; miscellaneous material on the Lambeth Infirmary/Hospital, including annual reports, 1921-1938; financial statements of the Parish of St Mary, Lambeth Board of Guardians, 1910-1929.

      Woodman , Norah Blanche , b 1885 , nurse
      GB 0074 ACC/3407 · Collection · 1934-1987

      Records of Leslie R Wolfson's dental practice, 1934-1987, consisting largely of accounts such as balance sheets, cash books, bills, receipts and tax papers relating to Mr Wolfson's dental practices in Enfield; sample of patients' record cards (patients unidentifiable); booklets, pamphlets, and so on regarding aspects of dentistry, National Health Service leaflets and other leaflets on dental charges; and correspondence concerning property transactions in Enfield including agreement for sale of general practice at Grange Park, Enfield.

      Wolfson , Leslie R , b 1911 , dentist
      GB 0100 G/PP1/69 · Collection · [1919-1950]
      Part of GUY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL RECORDS

      Papers of J H E Winston comprising a notebook titled 'Guy's Hospital Museum of Antiquities 1919-1920', including descriptions of a bass relief from the mansion of the prior of St Pancras, discovered on the site of the College; notes on the construction of Guy's; list of illustrations and of Guy's Hospital; notes on John Keats; other items relating to the history of Guy's Hospital. Also contains some loose cards containing captions for museum objects, and loose notes on similar historical subjects.

      Winston , John Henry Ernest (Jack) , died 1956 , Secretary of Guy's Medical School , brother of George A R Winston
      GB 0120 PP/CMW · [1828]-1977

      The collection covers Lord Moran's life and career. It includes papers (committee minutes, correspondence, notes, printed material, ephemera, articles, parliamentary papers, etc.) re his position as Dean of St Mary's Hospital Medical School, 1920-1945; as President at the Royal College of Physicians, 1941-1950; his role in negotiations over the establishment and structure of the NHS, 1942-1960; as Chairman of the Awards Committee, 1948-1962. His other professional activities are covered in general correspondence files; a series of medical records, including material on Winston Churchill, 1944-1965; subject files relating to his role on various government, educational and medical bodies, including the commission to determine whether Rudolph Hess was mentally fit to stand trial in 1945. The collection includes drafts and papers re Anatomy of Courage (including photocopies of his World War I army notebooks), and Winston Churchill: Struggle for Survival. There is also a section of unpublished writings and speeches, 1921-1970. Papers consulted by Professor Lovell in Australia while writing his biography of Lord Moran, were returned in two batches, the first in April 1990, when he helped with the initial sorting and listing of the papers, and the second in April 1991. Some of these papers have been returned to the main body of the collection, however most have been kept in a separate section in the list (section L). The collection also contains personal and family material, photographs, press cuttings and ephemera, and a section comprising personal and professional papers of Lord Moran's wife Dorothy, Lady Moran (d.1983).

      Wilson , Charles McMoran , Lord Moran of Manton , 1882-1977 , physician Wilson , Dorothy , Lady Moran , d.1983
      Wilson, Albert (1854-1928)
      GB 0114 MS0176 · [1870]

      Papers of Albert Wilson, c1870, comprising a volume titled [H]uman [P]athology, Prof. Saunders, 2 containing manuscript notes by Wilson, taken at the Pathology lectures of Professor Sanders at Edinburgh University; and a loose sheet containing notes on Tubercular Phthisis. The sheet of paper is from the Edinburgh Medical-Missionary Society's Training Institution and Dispensary at No 39 Cowgate. Wilson was resident physician at the Cowgate Dispensary.

      Wilson , Albert , 1854-1928 , physician
      GB 0120 PP/CDW · 1901-1988

      The collection covers most aspects of Williams' life and career after 1939. Papers from her work with the British Colonial Service in Ghana, 1928-1936, were largely lost during transit to her next appointment in Singapore, but the typescript copy of her 1935 report The mortality and morbidity of the children of the Gold Coast is extant. Many papers relating to Williams' work with the British Colonial Service in Singapore, 1936-1941, were lost during the Japanese invasion, but she took a few files into Changi jail, where she wrote up the report An experiment in health work in Trengganu in 1940-1941. Notebooks, correspondence and writings made during her internment, when she was appointed as camp nutritionist by her fellow women prisoners, are also in the collection. Post-war papers cover most aspects of Williams' work, including positions with the World Health Organisation, the American University at Beirut and Tulane School of Public Health, as well as correspondence and collected reprints relating to work carried out in 'retirement' at Wyndham House, Oxford.

      Williams , Cicely Delphine , 1893-1992 , nutritionist and paediatrician
      WILLESDEN BOARD OF GUARDIANS
      BG/W · Collection · 1896-1930

      Records of Willesden Poor Law Union, 1896-1930, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians; standing orders, rules and regulations; orders for removal to and from the Union; apprenticeship indentures; financial accounts; correspondence, tenders, contracts and agreements for construction work and provision of utilities; orders of the Local Government Board; legal correspondence; building plans including Willesden Parish Infirmary and Park Royal Hospital; maps of Willesden Urban District showing boundaries.

      Willesden Poor Law Union x Willesden Board of Guardians
      GB 0100 G/PP1/65 · 1843-1852
      Part of GUY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL RECORDS

      Papers of Sir Samuel Wilks, comprising volume containing testimonials for Samuel Wilks, 1843-1846, 1852-1853; letters to Wilks, from Alfred S Taylor, 10 Apr 1886, and W M Hughes, 9 Apr 1886, relating to publication of a papers in the Guy's Hospital Reports; testimonials to him for the position of Physician to Surrey Dispensary, 1852, including from staff at Guy's Hospital; certificates for Samuel Wilks' attendance as a student and at lectures at Guy's Hospital, 1846, and for winning the Pupil's Physical Society's essay prize, 1845; memorial signed by several hundred students of Guy's Hospital Medical School, expressing their extreme regret at the resignation of Dr Wilks.

      Wilks , Sir , Samuel , 1824-1911 , Baronet , physician
      GB 0100 TH/PP81 · [1780]-1814

      Manuscript volumes collected by Richard Whitfield comprising lecture notes taken either by Whitfield or unidentified pupils including:
      one volume of notes on a course of anatomy lectures by Henry Cline including lectures on pathology and physiology, 1793, delivered 1787, taken by Whitfield;
      one volume of notes on anatomical lectures of Joseph Else delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, [1780], including notes on John Hunter's lectures on anatomy, 1781, taken by an unidentified pupil;
      six volumes of notes on Fordyce's lectures on medicine, delivered [1788-1789], taken by Richard Whitfield, [1792], containing lectures on material medica, natural history of the human body, doctrine of diseases, doctrine of fevers, doctrine of inflammations, particular inflammations, inflammation of the mucous membrane, lues venereal, eruptive fevers, chronic diseases, spasmodic disease;
      three volumes of notes on lectures on the practice of physic of James Gregory, delivered at Edinburgh, 1814, taken by an unidentified student;
      one volume of notes on William Herbeden's lectures containing observations on the history, nature and cure of poisons, delivered at the College of Physicians, 1749, with copy notes made by Whitfield, 1792;
      two volumes of notes on surgical lectures by John Hunter, 1786;
      four volumes of notes on anatomical and surgical lectures by Alexander Monro, [1788];
      1 volume of notes on Percivall Pott's surgical lectures, delivered [1787], taken down [1794];
      and one volume titled Pharmacopoeia Chirurgica vel Institutiones Chirugicae.

      Whitfield , Richard , c.1764-1837 , Apothecary and Secretary of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London Whitfield , Richard Gullet , 1801-1877 , Apothecary and Secretary of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London
      GB 0100 G/PP1/64 · 1895-1952
      Part of GUY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL RECORDS

      Papers of the White family including: letter to Dr Hale White from Sir Henry Howse, 27 Dec 1913, giving an account of the introduction of antiseptic surgery at Guy's Hospital;
      volume titled 'News Cuttings', with bookplate inscription `Dr R Hale White, Dec 1952', a scrap book containing black and white photographs of Surgical Ward Clerks, Jan 1905-Dec 1912, with captions pasted in and individuals numbered; also staff and student groups including Dr Hale White, 1895-1902, 1916, with captions. The album has been indexed alphabetically by surname.

      White , Sir , William Hale- , 1831-1949 , Knight , physician x Hale-White , Sir , William White , Reginald Hale- , 1895-1967 , son of Sir William Hale-White x Hale-White , Reginald
      GB 0098 Westminster Hospital Medical School · 1885-1986

      Records of the Westminster Hospital Medical School, later Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, 1885-1986, comprising minutes of the Academic Board, 1948-1984; minutes of the Finance Committee and Council, 1948-1984; minutes of the School of Medicine Committee and Council, 1933-1961; minutes of the Library Committe, 1948-1986; minutes of the Brabazon House Committee, 1948-1962; students' registers, 1890-1973; exam results, 1934-1985; prospectuses, 1947-1984; Westminster Hospital Reports, 1885-1934; copies of The Broadway, 1899-1970.

      Westminster Hospital Medical School
      WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL GROUP
      H02 · Collection · 1882-1983

      This archive comprises the records of Westminster Hospital, 1627-1974, and associated institutions: All Saints Hospital, 1911-1983; Chartham Park Convalescent Home, 1945-1962; Gordon Hospital, 1884-1961; Parkwood Convalescent Home, 1890-1966; Putney Hospital, 1903-1978; Queen Mary's Roehampton Trust, 1890-1968; Westminster Children's Hospital, 1903-1981 and Yarrow Convalescent Home, 1894-1964.

      The records include those generated by the administration of the various institutions which made up the Westminster Hospital Group, in addition to a variety of patients' and clinical records. There are also visual sources such as photographs and prints and some printed and bibliographic items.

      Westminster Hospital Group , National Health Service
      WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL
      H02/WH · Subfonds · 1627-1974
      Part of WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL GROUP

      Records of the Westminster Hospital, including minutes of the management, estates, finance, nursing, research, policy, catering, almoners, incurables, drugs and other committees, 1716-1969; relevant Acts of Parliament, 1835-1932; rules and regulations, 1835-1932; annual, matron's and secretary's reports, 1825-1971; papers concerning proposed amalgamations with other hospitals, 1907-1924; papers regarding non-nursing staff, 1749-1962; papers and photographs concerning ceremonies and celebrations, 1948-1967; administrative files on a variety of subjects including staffing, policy, research, legal proceedings, training, civil defence, World War Two, pathological services, pharmaceutical services, catering, equipment and wards, 1939-1969; registers of in-patients, 1933-1973; registers of patients, 1937-1958; registers of police and ambulance cases, 1937-1962; admission and discharge registers, 1961-1973; death registers, 1860-1967; operations books, 1939-1968; prescription book, 1733-1734; returns of cholera patients, 1849-1854; returns of patients, 1928-1963; Venereal Disease department registers, 1917-1974; registers of nurses, 1885-1950; Westminster Training School registers of nurses, 1899-1939; financial records and papers relating to endowments, 1719-1969; legal records, including deeds, 1881-1961; chaplain's records, 1790 and 1921-1973; medical school papers, 1822-1972 (not including student records); plans and architect's drawings, 1832-1937; papers relating to hospital societies and associations, 1848-1972; histories of the hospital, 1815-1974; press cuttings, 1921-1964; papers concerning special events, 1823-1973; papers concerning rebuilding of hospital, 1818-1939; Hospital publications, 1922-1974; newspaper articles, 1834-1966; Westminster street plans, 1809-1895 and conveyance of property in Little Oulde Bayliffe, parish of Saint Sepulchre, London, 1627.

      Westminster Hospital x Westminster Infirmary for the Sick and Needy , 1720 - 1770
      GB 0113 MS-WESTG · Fonds · 1774-1936

      Minutes of general meetings of governors of the Westminster General Dispensary, instituted 6 June 1774.

      Westminster General Dispensary
      WEBG · Collection · 1802-1936

      Records of the City of Westminster Poor Law Union, 1889-1936, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians; minutes and papers of Committees including the Buckingham Palace Road Workhouse Committee, Edmonton Workhouse Committee, Hospital Committee, Visiting Committee and Settlement and Revision Committee; correspondence and standing orders; registers for the Belmont Workhouse, Chelsea Workhouse, Edmonton Workhouse and Fulham Road Workhouse; registers of children sent into service; financial accounts and personnel files.

      Records of the Saint Margaret and Saint John Poor Law Union, 1864-1870, including minutes of the Board of Guardians; minutes of Committees including the Kensington Workhouse Visiting Committee; correspondence; orders of removal to other Unions and financial accounts.

      Records of Saint George's Hanover Square Poor Law Union, 1836-1924, including minutes of the Board of Guardians; minutes of Committees including the Buckingham Palace Road Workhouse Committee, the Fulham Road Workhouse Committee, the Kensington Workhouse Visiting Committee, the Mount Street Workhouse Committee, the Petty France Workhouse Committee, and the Milman Street Receiving Home for Children Committee; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers of lunatics; registers from the Buckingham Palace Road Workhouse, Fulham Road Workhouse and Mount Street Workhouse; registers of children in care including indentures of apprenticeship, registers of children on the Exmouth Training Ship and registers of children at the Milman Street Receiving Home for Children; financial accounts and staff records.

      Records of the Saint Martin in the Fields Poor Law Union, 1824-1870, including minutes of the Board of Guardians; correspondence; relief order books; settlement examinations; registers for the Castle Street Workhouse; registers for the Norwood Schools and financial accounts.

      Records of the Strand Poor Law Union, 1802-1928, including minutes of the Board of Guardians; minutes of Committees including the Edmonton Workhouse Committee and the Sheffield Street Workhouse Committee; correspondence; settlement examinations; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers of the Cleveland Street Workhouse, the Edmonton Workhouse, the Saint Giles Workhouse and the Sheffield Street Workhouse; registers of Edmonton Schools; financial accounts and staff records.

      Records of the Westminster Poor Law Union, 1833-1914, including minutes of the Board of Guardians; Committee minutes; correspondence with government departments; settlement examinations; Relieving Officer's reports; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers of the Westminster Union Workhouse; indentures of apprenticeships; registers of Westminster Union Schools, Tooting; financial accounts and staff records.

      Westminster Poor Law Union x Westminster Board of Guardians Strand Poor Law Union x Strand Board of Guardians St Martin in the Fields Poor Law Union x St Martin in the Fields Board of Guardians St George's Hanover Square Poor Law Union x St George's Hanover Square Board of Guardians St Margaret and St John Poor Law Union x St Margaret and St John Board of Guardians City of Westminster Poor Law Union x City of Westminster Board of Guardians
      GB 0113 MS-WESTD · 1833-1952

      The records of the Western Dispensary comprise chiefly minute books, annual reports and patient registers.

      Western Dispensary , Westminster London
      WESTERN CITY DISPENSARY
      GB 0074 CLC/154 · Collection · 1829-1877

      Minute book of the committee of the Western City Dispensary.

      Western City Dispensary
      H36 · Collection · 1841-1993

      Records of the West Middlesex University Hospital and associated hospitals, 1841-1993, including Brentford Hospital, Chiswick Maternity Hospital, Hounslow Hospital, Saint John's Hospital, Twickenham, South Middlesex Hospital and the South West Middlesex Hospital Management Committee. Papers include committee minutes, reports, admission and discharge registers and other patient records, nursing and staffing records, rules and regulations, financial records, photographs, prospectuses and leaflets.

      West Middlesex University Hospital x Brentford Union Infirmary x Warkworth House x West Middlesex Hospital
      H36/WMX · Subfonds · 1896-1993
      Part of WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND ASSOCIATED HOSPITALS

      Records of West Middlesex University Hospital, including annual reports, 1961-1976; administrative files on subjects including the redevelopment of the hospital, staffing, information for patients, medical committees, research ethics, procedures and correspondence, 1939-1992; registers of admission, 1946-1948; registers of creed, 1942-1944; registers of birth, 1896-1976; registers of deaths, 1946-1956, registers of operations, 1920-1971; matron's report books, 1896-1931; registers of sisters, staff nurses, probationers and assistant nurses, 1896-1968; School of Nursing prospectuses, 1960-1970; Isleworth League of Nurses journals, 1923-1957 and photographs of the hospital, staff and patients, 1940-1985.

      West Middlesex University Hospital
      WEST LONDON SCHOOL DISTRICT
      WLSD · Collection · 1865-1936

      Records of the West London School District, 1865-1936, including minutes and agendas of the Board of Management; minutes and reports of various Committees; annual reports; financial accounts; correspondence with and orders of the Poor Law Board, Local Government Board and Ministry of Health; correspondence and other documents regarding property; admission and discharge registers for Ashford School; registers of apprenticeships; returns and statistics of children in care; papers relating to education and teaching including correspondence, reports, timetables and syllabus; dietary tables; reports by the Medical Officer; issues of the Ashford Residential School Magazine; staff records; building plans of Ashford School and Park School; photographs of Ashford School and papers relating to the transfer of institutions to the London County Council in 1930.

      West London School District
      GB 0074 H01/WL · Collection · 1965-1993

      Papers of the West Lambeth Health Authority, including:
      District Management Team minutes, 1974-1991;
      standing orders and provisions in the National Health Service Regulations governing the conduct of meetings and proceedings of the authority, 1982;
      reports and papers relating to planning for healthcare provision, 1974-1986;
      papers regarding the computer policy, 1976-1985;
      general reports and papers relating to the functioning of the hospitals, 1974-1984;
      papers of the Department of Community Medicine, 1973-1979;
      papers relating to Lambeth Hospital and Community Care Centre, 1977-1986;
      papers relating to the South Western Hospital, 1973-1983;
      papers of the Terminal Care Support Team, 1977-1982;
      papers relating to Tooting Bec Hospital, 1975-1985;
      publications, 1975-1988;
      issues of 'Inner Circle', staff newsletter, 1976-1988;
      papers relating to the proposed transfer of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, 1982-1987;
      papers relating to Saint John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, 1981-1985;
      papers relating to other hospitals, including the South Western Hospital, 1979-1981, South London Hospital for Women, 1974-1989, Royal Waterloo Hospital, 1978-1981, Grosvenor Hospital, 1979-1980 and Belgrave Hospital, 1980-1987;
      papers of the Strategies and Resources Advisory Committee, 1987-1990;
      minutes and papers of West Lambeth Health Authority meetings, 1982-1993;
      district reviews, 1983-1987;
      papers of the Resource Allocation Working Party, 1982-1988;
      membership papers, including correspondence, 1987-1999;
      Saint Thomas' Health District (Teaching), District Management Team master papers, 1974-1981;
      West Lambeth Health Authority, District Management Team master papers, 1981-1992;
      District General Managers Advisory Group papers, 1985-1990;
      District Management Board papers, 1986-1990;
      Nursing Policy Group meeting papers, 1976-1982;
      reports and papers of the Chief Nursing Officer, 1965-1987.

      West Lambeth Health Authority , National Health Service
      GB 0120 WA/TRL · 1899-1943

      Papers of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, 1899-1943, including the Laboratories' annual reports and reports of the Entomological and Chemical Sections.

      Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories
      LCC/WE/H · Collection · 1896-1962
      Part of LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

      Records of the London County Council Welfare Department relating to homes and institutions, 1896-1962, including reports, religious ministration, administration, nursing and medical, staffing, building works, finance, workshops, inventory, log-books and information about residents for homes including Alexandra House, Brockle Bank, Bromley House, Camberwell Reception Centre, Carisbrooke Lodge, Dale Mead Old People's Home, Fulham Road Hostel, Ladywell Lodge, Luxborough Lodge, Newington Lodge, Norwood House, Orchard Lodge, Princes Row, Southern Grove Lodge and Saint Peter and Saint Paul Home for Babies. Also case papers for small homes, large homes and out of county homes. Please note that files may be closed for Data Protection purposes.

      LCC , London County Council x London County Council
      WEIR HOSPITAL
      H46/WH · Subfonds · 1920-1971
      Part of SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL GROUP

      Records of the Weir Hospital, including visitors books and Committee of Management attendance books, 1920-1971.

      Weir Hospital
      GB 0120 GC/73 · 1976-1988

      Papers of Michael Donald Warren acquired in connection with his role as an Adviser to the Chief Scientist of the Department of Health and Social Security, 1970s-1980s, and some associated reports.

      Warren , Michael Donald , b 1923 , Professor of Social Medicine
      GB 0099 KCLMA Warrack · Created [1944], 1949-1951, 1979, 1998

      Diary, 17 Sep-16 Oct 1944, covering his service at Battle of Arnhem (Operation MARKET GARDEN), with part of 'Suggested medical plan' prepared for Deputy Director of Medical Services, 1 Airborne Corps, 22 Sep 1944, and part of note relating to the strength of medical forces, [1944]. Transcript of part of above diary made by Sir Basil Liddell Hart, with related correspondence, 1949-1951. Bound transcript of above diary made by Lt Col Kenneth Garside, Honorary Keeper of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, with foreword by Warrack, 1979. The diary formed the basis of Warrack's book Travel by dark: after Arnhem (Harvill, London, 1963), and a BBC television production Arnhem: the story of an escape, originally broadcast in 1976. Typescript copy of 'The Airborne Hospital, Willem 111 Kazerne, Apeldoorn, 25th Sept 1944 to 26th Oct 1944. Nominal roll of the wounded' compiled by Peter H Starling, Curator of the Army Medical Services Museums, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1998.

      Untitled
      GB 0074 O/030 · Collection · 1898-1899

      Letters from Mary Ward (also known as Mrs Humphry Ward) relating to the establishment of a school for Invalid Children at the Passmore Edwards Settlement, Tavistock Place (later known as the Mary Ward Settlement).

      Ward , Mary Augusta , 1851-1920 , nee Arnold , novelist, philanthropist and political lobbyist
      GB 1556 WL 534 · Collection · 1947

      Verdict and judgement in an appeal in a Nazi war crimes euthanasia trial against Eugen Schmidt and Helen Schürg, OLG Frankfurt am Main, Ss 92/47, 1947. This copy trial document shows the verdict, sentence and trial judgement in a 'Euthanasia Case' appeal against Dr Walter Eugen Schmidt and Helen Schürg, OLG Frankfurt am Main 12.8.1947 Ss 92/47. They were originally found guilty of multiple murder and accessories to multiple murder respectively at the Eichberg nursing home, Hessen, between 1941 and 1945, along with several other defendants at a trial at the LG Frankfurt am Main, 21 Dec 1946-, No. 4 Kls 15/46. The appeal court upheld the verdicts and in the case of Schmidt raised the sentence from life imprisonment to death.

      Oberlandgericht Frankfurt am main
      H46/WHMG · Subfonds · 1948-1969
      Part of SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL GROUP

      Records of the Wandsworth Hospital Management Committee comprising minutes of the Building, Catering, Finance, Group Medical, Management Group, Nursing Advisory, Staff, Supplies and Visiting Committees, and staff cards.

      Wandsworth Hospital Management Committee
      WABG · Collection · 1836-1933

      Records of the Wandsworth Poor Law Union, 1836-1933, including minutes of meetings of the Board of Guardians; minutes and reports of various Committees including the Assessment Committee, Schools and Institutions Committee and Boarding Out Committee; correspondence with the Local Government Board and the Ministry of Health; contracts; orders of the Poor Law Board; settlement examinations; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers of the Swaffield Road Workhouse and Saint John's Hill Workhouse; registers of apprentices; registers of children at the Intermediate School, Swaffield Road and the Anerley School, North Surrey; financial accounts; staff records; maps of parishes in Wandsworth; floor plans of Saint John's Hospital; registers of relief given to the wives and children of interned aliens [foreigners], First World War.

      Wandsworth and Clapham Poor Law Union x Wandsworth Poor Law Union x Wandsworth Board of Guardians
      GB 0074 LMA/4737 · Collection · 1974-2003

      Records of Waltham Forest Community Health Council (CHC) (1974 - 2003) including Minutes (1974 - 2003), Annual Reports (1975 - 2003), Visit Reports (1998 - 2003), Consultation Responses (1991 - 2003) and Publications (1977 - 2003).

      Waltham Forest Community Health Council
      GB 0120 GC/93 · Collection · 1912-1944

      Papers of Wathen Ernest Waller and his sister Dorothy, 1912-1944, notably illustrated typescript account of service in Iraq, 1916-1918; inventory for insurance purposes of house, including contents of surgery; materials relating to Miss Waller's work in the Red Cross and the Voluntary Aid Detachment, 1912-1920.

      Waller , Wathen Ernest , d 1958 Waller , Dorothy , d 1986
      WALFORD
      GB 0074 Q/WAL · Collection · 1809-1881

      Collection of documents removed from a partly Grangerized copy of Old and New London compiled by Edward Walford, comprising: narrative of the Walcheren expedition to the Netherlands, 1809; receipt for purchase of Consolidated £3% Annuities by Isaac Noquet; letter to Edward Walford from C. H. Bowden, Chaplain's House, Guy's Hospital, S.E., noting Guy's capacity in beds, its income, numbers of inpatients and outpatients; letter to Edward Walford from Eliza [Carver] of Dulwich College, asking him to tea before a concert; newspaper cutting concerning the opening of the first block of buildings of the Victoria Dwellings Association at Battersea Park.

      NB - To 'grangerize' a volume is to add or interleave clippings or cuttings from other sources to the pages.

      Walford , Edward , 1823-1897 , writer and compiler of reference works
      GB 0100 G/PP1/62 · 1815-1817
      Part of GUY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL RECORDS

      Papers of Joshua Waddington, 1815-1817, comprising six manuscript volumes of notes from 'Lectures on midwifery and diseases of women and children, delivered at the theatre, Guy's Hospital, between the 1st of December 1816 and the 1st of March 1817, by John Haighton MD', includes index to subjects covered in lectures in the front of the volume, 275pp; 'Clinical cases and lectures taken by Joshua Waddington at Guy's Hospital between the 1st of Dec 1816 and 1st May 1817', index in the front of the volume listing names of patients and their disease, 372pp; 'Lectures on anatomy and the principal operations of surgery: delivered at the theatre, St Thomas's Hospital by Astley Cooper Esquire, Vol 1, 1 Jan-1 Jun 1816, 555ff; Vol 2, 1 Jan-1 Jun 1816, 545ff; Vol 3, 1 Oct 1815-1 Jun 1916, 673ff, with index to subjects covered, and 'Extracts from Lectures on the practice of medicine, delivered at Guy's Hospital by William Babington, MD FRS, and James Perry, ND, between 1 January and 1 June 1817', 286pp.

      Waddington , Joshua , fl 1815-1817 , surgeon
      H68/VC · Collection · 1882 - 1964
      Part of SAINT GEORGE'S HOSPITAL GROUP

      Records of Victoria Hospital for Children, including registers of deaths, post mortem reports, operations books, papers and correspondence relating to patients and staff, registers of nurses, staff record cards, staff lists.

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

      Victoria Hospital for Children , Chelsea x South Western Hospital for Children
      VICTORIA CLUB
      GB 0074 ACC/2996 · Collection · 1901-1991

      Records of the Victoria Club, Jewish community centre and youth club, 1901-1991. Records include daily log book; membership books; papers of the Council and Executive; papers relating to building development including transfer of the Club from Stepney to Hackney; financial records; papers relating to youth club activities; papers of the Victoria (Hackney) Kosher Meals on Wheels service; papers of the Senior Citizens Club, the Victoria Centre for Adults, and Hampstead Victoria; fundraising papers and memorabilia.

      Victoria Club , Jewish community centre and youth club
      GB 0120 MSS.4920-4923, 6113-6116 · 1770-1820

      Personal papers of François Verdeil, including correspondence and Clinical Case books, 1787-1820. In addition to the case books, the correspondence mainly relate to his treatment of patients, with some letters relating to the treatment of his wife. There are also some administrative papers concerning the establishment of a Collège de Médecine at Lausanne.

      Verdeil , François , 1747-1832 , physician
      GB 0120 GC/186 · 1939-1987

      Papers of Dame Janet Vaughan, mainly 1939-1949, including material on her work with the Emergency Blood Transfusion Service, social and industrial medicine and post-War medical services, child guidance, Health Survey and Development Committee in India, and treating sufferers from starvation liberated from Belsen.

      Vaughan , Dame , Janet Maria , 1899-1993 , Principal of Somerville College, Oxford and pathologist
      LCC/VA/GEN · Collection · 1891-1965
      Part of LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

      Records of the London County Council Valuation Department, 1891-1965, including papers on the assessment of railways in London; press cuttings and other papers relating to transport organisation including fares and facilities, River Thames passenger services, canals, policy, railways, parking, congestion, air fares, the British Transport Commission, the London Transport Executive, pay and working conditions, bus services, arterial roads, the London Traffic Act, 1924; papers relating to town planning schemes; legislation affecting London and papers relating to road improvement schemes.

      Registers of applications for mortgages and housing loans under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts and the Housing Acts. Returns of gross and rateable value of properties by locality; pamphlets, articles and posters relating to street and road improvements; site plans of LCC hospital properties transferred to the Ministry of Health in July 1948 under the National Health Service Act, 1946.

      LCC , London County Council x London County Council