Subfonds H36/HW - HOUNSLOW HOSPITAL

Identity area

Reference code

H36/HW

Title

HOUNSLOW HOSPITAL

Date(s)

  • 1913-1977 (Creation)

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Subfonds

Extent and medium

1.9 linear metres

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Biographical history

Hounslow Hospital was founded in 1874 in Bell Road, Hounslow. Little information appears to survive about its early years. In 1913 it moved to Staines Road, Hounslow to a newly built 20 bed cottage hospital. By 1954 the accommodation had been increased to 81 beds arranged in three ground floor wards, one each for children, men and women. (See A/KE/735/49). In 1948 Hounslow Hospital became part of the National Health Service administered by the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and Staines Group Hospital Management Committee. On the reorganisation of the National Health Service in 1974 it was transferred to Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Area Health Authority (Teaching) and Hounslow Health District. The hospital ceased to admit patients on 31 August 1977.

Archival history

H36/HW 1913-1977 subfonds 1.9 linear metres Hounslow Hospital

Hounslow Hospital was founded in 1874 in Bell Road, Hounslow. Little information appears to survive about its early years. In 1913 it moved to Staines Road, Hounslow to a newly built 20 bed cottage hospital. By 1954 the accommodation had been increased to 81 beds arranged in three ground floor wards, one each for children, men and women. (See A/KE/735/49). In 1948 Hounslow Hospital became part of the National Health Service administered by the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and Staines Group Hospital Management Committee. On the reorganisation of the National Health Service in 1974 it was transferred to Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Area Health Authority (Teaching) and Hounslow Health District. The hospital ceased to admit patients on 31 August 1977.

Records deposited by the In-Patient Services Manager, West Middlesex University Hospital on 4 March 1993 (Acc/3148).

Records of Hounslow Hospital, including management and administrative committee minutes, 1923-1976; memoranda, 1928-1948; registers of in-patients, 1922-1977; registers of operations, 1927-1977; registers of minor operations, 1930-1951; registers of war casualties, 1939-1941; patient statistics, 1944-1951; registers of student nurses, 1913-1944 and photographs of student nurse prize givings, 1960-1964.

The records are arranged as follows: A = Administrative records, B = Patients' records, C = Staff records, Ph = Photographs.

These records are open to public inspection, although under section 5(4) of the 1958 Public Records Act administrative records are closed for 30 years and patient records for 100 years.

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Annual reports of Hounslow Hospital 1940-1947 - Greater London History Library King Edward's Hospital Fund for London: Visitor's reports on Staines Group Hospital Management Committee 1952-1967 (ref. A/KE/735/49, A/KE/738/68). Records of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board 1948-1974 (ref. HA/NW).

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited by the In-Patient Services Manager, West Middlesex University Hospital on 4 March 1993 (Acc/3148).

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Scope and content

Records of Hounslow Hospital, including management and administrative committee minutes, 1923-1976; memoranda, 1928-1948; registers of in-patients, 1922-1977; registers of operations, 1927-1977; registers of minor operations, 1930-1951; registers of war casualties, 1939-1941; patient statistics, 1944-1951; registers of student nurses, 1913-1944 and photographs of student nurse prize givings, 1960-1964.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

The records are arranged as follows: A = Administrative records, B = Patients' records, C = Staff records, Ph = Photographs.

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Conditions governing access

These records are open to public inspection, although under section 5(4) of the 1958 Public Records Act administrative records are closed for 30 years and patient records for 100 years.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: Depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Annual reports of Hounslow Hospital 1940-1947 - Greater London History Library King Edward's Hospital Fund for London: Visitor's reports on Staines Group Hospital Management Committee 1952-1967 (ref. A/KE/735/49, A/KE/738/68). Records of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board 1948-1974 (ref. HA/NW).

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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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