Collection H16 - HENDON GROUP

Identity area

Reference code

H16

Title

HENDON GROUP

Date(s)

  • 1928-1975 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

18.2 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Edgware General Hospital was originally known as Redhill Hospital and was built by Hendon Board of Guardians in December 1927. It was taken over by Middlesex County Council on 1 April 1930 who renamed it Redhill County Hospital. The hospital became part of the National Health Service in 1948 and came under the control of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee. Its name was changed the same year to Edgware General Hospital.

In 1937 Middlesex County Council acquired a newly built private clinic in Heathbourne Road, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire to be used as a maternity hospital. It opened on 1 January 1938 with 48 beds as Middlesex County Maternity Hospital. It was administered from Redhill County Hospital, now Edgware General Hospital. In 1948 it became part of the National Health Service as one of the Hendon Group of hospitals of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. The name of the hospital was changed to Bushey Maternity Hospital. The hospital closed in c 1977.

Hendon District Hospital was founded in 1913 on a site on the corner of Hendon Way and Elliot Road, London NW4. In 1948 the hospital was transferred to the National Health Service and came under the control of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board as part of the Hendon Group of Hospitals.

Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee was set up in 1948 by the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board to manage the following hospitals and clinics - Edgware General Hospital, Bushey Maternity Hospital, Hendon District Hospital, Colindale Hospital, Hendon Isolation, later West Hendon Hospital, Roxbourne Hospital, Oxhey Grove, Stanmore Cottage Hospital, Harrow Chest Clinic and Edgware Chest Clinic. Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee ceased to exist in 1974 when the National Health Service was reorganised.

Archival history

H16 1928-1975 Collection 18.2 linear metres Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee

Bushey Maternity Hospital xx Middlesex County Maternity Hospital , 1938-1948

Edgware General Hospital , 1948- xx Redhill Hospital , 1927-1930 xx Redhill County Hospital , 1930-1948

Hendon District Hospital

Edgware General Hospital was originally known as Redhill Hospital and was built by Hendon Board of Guardians in December 1927. It was taken over by Middlesex County Council on 1 April 1930 who renamed it Redhill County Hospital. The hospital became part of the National Health Service in 1948 and came under the control of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee. Its name was changed the same year to Edgware General Hospital.

In 1937 Middlesex County Council acquired a newly built private clinic in Heathbourne Road, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire to be used as a maternity hospital. It opened on 1 January 1938 with 48 beds as Middlesex County Maternity Hospital. It was administered from Redhill County Hospital, now Edgware General Hospital. In 1948 it became part of the National Health Service as one of the Hendon Group of hospitals of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. The name of the hospital was changed to Bushey Maternity Hospital. The hospital closed in c 1977.

Hendon District Hospital was founded in 1913 on a site on the corner of Hendon Way and Elliot Road, London NW4. In 1948 the hospital was transferred to the National Health Service and came under the control of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board as part of the Hendon Group of Hospitals.

Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee was set up in 1948 by the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board to manage the following hospitals and clinics - Edgware General Hospital, Bushey Maternity Hospital, Hendon District Hospital, Colindale Hospital, Hendon Isolation, later West Hendon Hospital, Roxbourne Hospital, Oxhey Grove, Stanmore Cottage Hospital, Harrow Chest Clinic and Edgware Chest Clinic. Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee ceased to exist in 1974 when the National Health Service was reorganised.

Material received in multiple accessions between 1985 and 1998. (ACC/2071, ACC/2229, ACC/2314, B98/092).

Records of the Hendon Group Hospitals, comprising Bushey Maternity Hospital, 1938-1959; Edgware General Hospital, 1928-1958; Hendon District Hospital, 1937-1948 and Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee, 1948-1974. The records include committee minutes, patient registers, case notes, reports, handbooks, photographs, histories and publications.

H16/BM: Bushey Maternity Hospital, H16/EDG: Edgware General Hospital, H16/HDH: Hendon District Hospital, H16/HG: Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998

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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. February 2009 North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board Medical institutions Bushey Maternity Hospital x Middlesex County Maternity Hospital , 1938-1948 History Personal history Medical history Health services Hospitals Hospital administration Edgware General Hospital , 1948- x Redhill Hospital , 1927-1930 x Redhill County Hospital , 1930-1948 Hendon District Hospital Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Material received in multiple accessions between 1985 and 1998. (ACC/2071, ACC/2229, ACC/2314, B98/092).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Hendon Group Hospitals, comprising Bushey Maternity Hospital, 1938-1959; Edgware General Hospital, 1928-1958; Hendon District Hospital, 1937-1948 and Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee, 1948-1974. The records include committee minutes, patient registers, case notes, reports, handbooks, photographs, histories and publications.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

H16/BM: Bushey Maternity Hospital, H16/EDG: Edgware General Hospital, H16/HDH: Hendon District Hospital, H16/HG: Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee.

Conditions of access and use area

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, 1998

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Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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

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