Fonds RLHHM - Collection of journals and reference works of and collected by the Institute of Healthcare Management, London

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Reference code

RLHHM

Title

Collection of journals and reference works of and collected by the Institute of Healthcare Management, London

Date(s)

  • 1890-1991 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

5 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Hospital was a weekly journal established in 1886 by Sir Henry Burdett, who also edited the title, at first alone and later jointly. From 1888 Burdett also published an annual directory entitled Burdett's hospitals and charities: being the year book of philanthropy and The Hospital annual. From October 1921 The Hospital was published on a monthly basis as The Hospital and Health Review. From 1935, The Hospital was merged with The Hospital Gazette, which itself had been founded in 1905 and was the official organ of The British Hospitals Association and The Incorporated Association of Hospital Officers. Latterly it was published as The Hospital and Health Services Review (from 1972) by the Institute of Health Service Management, London, which also publishes The IHSM Health Services year book. From 1988 the journal was known as Health Services Management.

Archival history

RLHHM Collection of journals and reference works of and collected by the Institute of Healthcare Management, London 1890-1991 Collection (fonds) 5 linear metres Sir Henry Burdett
The British Hospitals Association and The Incorporated Association of Hospital Officers
Institute of Health Service Management
The Hospital was a weekly journal established in 1886 by Sir Henry Burdett, who also edited the title, at first alone and later jointly. From 1888 Burdett also published an annual directory entitled Burdett's hospitals and charities: being the year book of philanthropy and The Hospital annual. From October 1921 The Hospital was published on a monthly basis as The Hospital and Health Review. From 1935, The Hospital was merged with The Hospital Gazette, which itself had been founded in 1905 and was the official organ of The British Hospitals Association and The Incorporated Association of Hospital Officers. Latterly it was published as The Hospital and Health Services Review (from 1972) by the Institute of Health Service Management, London, which also publishes The IHSM Health Services year book. From 1988 the journal was known as Health Services Management.

Transferred from the Institute of Health Service Management, London in 1997.

Comprises:

  1. The Hospital: a weekly journal of Science, Medicine, Nursing and Philanthropy, editorial marked files, 1890-1923, containing manuscript annotations on each page identifying contributors to the Journal, with details of their remuneration;

  2. The Hospital , incorporating the Hospital Gazette, bound volumes, 1935 - 1971, vols. 1-39 , continued as: The Hospital and Health Service Review, vols. 40-84, 1971 - 1988, vol. 85-87; continued as: Health Services Management, 1989 - 1991 (60 volumes + 60 volumes of duplicates);

  3. Sir Henry Burdett [et al.]: Burdett's Hospitals and Charities: being the year book of philanthropy and The Hospital annual: 5th edition, 1894 - 38th edition, 1928;

  4. . The Charity Record and Philanthropic News, vols. 1-4, 1881 - 1884 (4 volumes);

  5. The Association of Clerks and Stewards of Mental Hospitals Journal, vols 5-17, 1920 - 1930; continues as The Incorporated Association of Clerks and Stewards of Mental Hospitals Journal, vols. 1-10, 1931 - 1942 (6 volumes);

  6. Aldridge's Hospital Diary and Buyers's Guide, 1947 - 1953 (7 volumes);

  7. Sir Henry Burdett [et al.]: Hospitals and Asylums of the World. vol. 1 Asylums; vol. 2. Asylum construction with plans and bibliography (1891); vol. 4. Hospital construction, with plans and bibliography (1892). J & A Churchill, London.

    The journals are arranged chronologically.

Open.

Copying and digitisation services are available. Researchers should contact the repository in the first instance.
English

Link to online catalogue below.

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. July 2001 , updated April 2020. Editing Health services Health Services Management , medical journal Hospitals Medical institutions Medical sciences Newspapers Nursing Periodicals Publications Publishing Publishing industry Social sciences Social welfare Surgery The Hospital and Health Review , medical journal The Hospital and Health Services Review , medical journal The Hospital , medical journal Communications media Information sciences

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from the Institute of Health Service Management, London in 1997.

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Scope and content

Comprises:

  1. The Hospital: a weekly journal of Science, Medicine, Nursing and Philanthropy, editorial marked files, 1890-1923, containing manuscript annotations on each page identifying contributors to the Journal, with details of their remuneration;

  2. The Hospital , incorporating the Hospital Gazette, bound volumes, 1935 - 1971, vols. 1-39 , continued as: The Hospital and Health Service Review, vols. 40-84, 1971 - 1988, vol. 85-87; continued as: Health Services Management, 1989 - 1991 (60 volumes + 60 volumes of duplicates);

  3. Sir Henry Burdett [et al.]: Burdett's Hospitals and Charities: being the year book of philanthropy and The Hospital annual: 5th edition, 1894 - 38th edition, 1928;

  4. . The Charity Record and Philanthropic News, vols. 1-4, 1881 - 1884 (4 volumes);

  5. The Association of Clerks and Stewards of Mental Hospitals Journal, vols 5-17, 1920 - 1930; continues as The Incorporated Association of Clerks and Stewards of Mental Hospitals Journal, vols. 1-10, 1931 - 1942 (6 volumes);

  6. Aldridge's Hospital Diary and Buyers's Guide, 1947 - 1953 (7 volumes);

  7. Sir Henry Burdett [et al.]: Hospitals and Asylums of the World. vol. 1 Asylums; vol. 2. Asylum construction with plans and bibliography (1891); vol. 4. Hospital construction, with plans and bibliography (1892). J & A Churchill, London.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The journals are arranged chronologically.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copying and digitisation services are available. Researchers should contact the repository in the first instance.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

Link to online catalogue below.

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Barts Health NHS Trust 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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Language(s)

  • English

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