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GB 0120 MSS.5027-5028 · 1917-1919

The material comprises notes, taken by Susan H. Cannon, of Wilson's lectures on pathology and the treatment of diseases by Swedish remedial gymnastics.

Wilson , Anna Justina Augusta , 1863-1949 , physiotherapist and practitioner of Swedish remedial gymnastics
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 0074 LMA/4253 · Collection · 1914-1918

Collection comprises photographs of both the ambulance train and the servicemen's hospital in Berkshire showing servicemen and nurses [including Eliza Wakelin]; and two letters regarding Miss Wakelin's health.

Wakelin , Eliza , fl 1914-1918 , nurse
Tippet, Charlotte
GB 0103 CIM/PP 27 · 1938

Typescript memoir by Charlotte F Tippet, 'Diversities of Operations', 1938, written at Chefoo, including her childhood and religious development and beliefs, nursing career, and missionary work and life in China (1902-1938), including medical, educational and evangelistic work.

Tippet , Charlotte F , fl 1902-1938 , missionary
GB 1538 C4 · 1949-1997

Papers of the Standing Joint Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and British Paediatric Association, later Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health, 1949-1993, mainly from the time of the reconstitution of the committee in 1965 and dealing particularly with staffing structure of maternity units for the care of the newborn. They include Committee agenda, minutes and papers, 1980-1988; Papers and correspondence of the Joint BPA/RCOG Standing Committee on Prematurity, 1949-1954; Correspondence and some minutes largely concerned with the establishment of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford, 1974-1979; Results of questionnaires circulated when compiling data for the BPA/RCOG discussion document: Midwife and nurse staffing and training for special care and intensive care of the new born, 1978-1980; RCOG/BPA reviews of Maternity Services Advisory Committee reports, 1985-1986; Correspondence and papers relating to Royal College of Physicians working party on neonatal services, 1986; records of multidisciplinary working party on resuscitation of the newborn, 1995-1997; report on fetal abnormalities - guidelines for screening, diagnosis and management, 1997.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP31 · 1924-1983

Papers of Margaret Stagg comprising:
King's College Hospital (KCH) certificates of Invalid Cookery, 26 Dec 1924; nursing training, 1924-1927; nursing service, Jan-Oct 1928;
Central Board of Midwives certificate, 25 May 1929; Battersea Polytechnic Certificate, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, course for Sister Tutors, Jul 1937; The College of Nursing Certificate of registration, 20 Apr 1939;
General Nursing Council (GNC) for England and Wales certificate of admission to the General Register, 20 Apr 1928; also letter from GNC relating to receipts for annual fees, Aug 1930; and receipt, Sep 1930;
Letter and receipt relating to application for certificate of registration as Sister Tutor, GNC, Sep 1947; also GNC certificate of registration as a Sister Tutor, 24 Oct 1947;
Small black and white photograph of Sister Ann, Miss Pugh and dog 'Joey' at Court House, Barnstead; greeting cards to Sister Ann; and to Miss Hobbs and Miss Stagg; KCH Nurses Home Christmas card; two greeting cards handmade by Sister Kathleen Parker, for the KCH annual reunion, 1974, 1983;
Copy of Southern harvest, written and engraved by Clare Leighton (Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1943), presented to Sister Ann from 'The Last Banstead Set', - with 18 signatures below, August 1943.

Stagg , Margaret Annie , fl 1924-1939 , nurse
GB 0100 KCLCA SGH/FP & SGH/PH · 1931, 1944 - 1966

St Giles Hospital School of Nursing register of Student Nurses particulars, 1944-1949; Student Nurses Register, 1944-1957; Lectures and Examination Particulars, 1952-1966; and photographs of nursing staff, 1931.

St Giles Hospital Nursing School
GB 0100 KCLCA SFH/FP & SFH/PH & SFH/PUB · 1949-[1965]

St Francis Hospital nursing records including St Francis' Hospital - A complete Training School for Assistant Nurses [1958]; Record of [Nurses]Service Book, 1949-1956; Photographs of the hospital, [1960-1965].

St Francis Hospital Nursing School
GB 0074 HA/SE · Collection · 1947-1995

Records of the South East Thames Regional Health Authority, 1947-1995. This collection includes minutes, agendas and papers of the meetings of various Committees, including the Regional Health Authority, the Regional Health Authority Chairman, the Regional Hospital Board Finance Committee; Area Nurse Training Committee; Regional Team of Officers; Clinical Consultative Committee; Nursing Sub-Committee; Regional Medical Advisory Committee; Treasurer's Group; Cancer Committee; Corporate Advisory Team; Regional Management Team; Regional and Chief Nursing Officers; Legal Action Working Party; Regional Planning Group; Regional Programming Group; Capital Investment Group; Building Committee; Capital Executive Group; and Sub-Committees for various specialities including cardiology, dermatology, general practice, dental surgery, radiology, ophthalmology and so on.

Also annual statistical returns; financial accounts; maps and plans; papers of the Kent County Council Public Assistance Department; papers relating to buildings and maintenance; papers of study groups; papers relating to public health and other administrative papers.

South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board , 1947-1974 South East Thames Regional Health Authority , 1974-1994
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP30 · 1925

Papers of Evelyn Margaret Shaxson comprising manuscript volume of lecture notes, with diagrams on Anatomy and Physiology, Mar-Apr 1925, also including loose copies of examination question papers, 1925; notebook containing water colour paintings of flowers, each named with a note where seen [1920s].

Shaxson , Evelyn Margaret , fl 1924-1925 , nurse
Royal Maternity Charity
GB 1538 S60 · 1761-1949

Papers of the Royal Maternity Charity, 1761-1949, including minute books, 1761-1949; 'Rough minute books', 1772-1826 and case-book of Robert Barnes at the Royal Maternity Charity, Oct 1857-Oct 1858.

Royal Maternity Charity x Charity for Attending and Delivering poor Married Women in their Lying in at their Respective Habitations x Lying-in Charity for Delivering Poor Married Women at their Own Habitations Barnes , Robert , 1817-1907 , physician
RLHLH · Fonds · 1713-2011

Administrative records; records of the Cardiac Department; records of Chaplain's Department; records of the Neurophysiology Department [a.k.a. E.E.G. Department]; title deeds, leases, trusts etc; records of the Dermatology Department; financial records; records of the Department of General Medicine; records of the London Linden Hall Association; patient records; records of the Department of Medical Photography; Medical Unit records; nursing records; records of the Nutrition and Dietetics department; nursing education records; records of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry; records of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department; records of Orthopaedics Department; Occupational Therapy Department; photographs; records of the Pharmacy Department; records of the Public Relations Department; records of the London Hospital Photographic Society; records of the Radiotherapy Department; records of the Radiology Department; surveyors and estate records; records of the Social Society; records of the Works Department; records from unofficial sources, and persons and subject files.

Royal London Hospital London Hospital
Rolleston family
GB 0120 MSS.4245-4247, 6119-6127, 7494 and 8184 · Collection · 1805-1947

Personal and professional correspondence, photographs and papers of George Rolleston and his son Sir Humphry Rolleston, 1805-1947. There are also miscellaneous Rolleston family papers, as well as 2 papers given by John Davy Rolleston. George Rolleston's main areas of research were in comparative anatomy, zoology, archaeology, anthropology - his correspondence was often with contempories who were prominent in the same or related fields (botanists, biologists, natural historians). Humphry Rolleston was a keen photographer, and his albums contain a total of 323 photographs. These include portraits of relatives and friends, as well as contemporaries who were subsequently prominent in medicine and surgery. There are also general photographs taken during his career in medicine which are of interest for medical historians. His correspondence and papers cover both professional and personal matters.

Rolleston , George , 1829-1881 , Professor of Anatomy and Physiology Rolleston , John Davy , 1873-1946 , physician Rolleston , Sir , Humphrey Davy , 1862-1944 , Knight , physician
GB 0100 KC/NL/PP28 · 1911

Robinson's King's College Hospital certificate of nursing training 1908-1911.

Robinson , Dorothy Octavia , fl 1908-1911 , nurse
GB 0102 PP MS 30 · Created c1917-1948

Papers, c1917-1948, of William Sheldon Ridge, comprising photographs, manuscripts of books containing material used for his lectures on Chinese international relations, and miscellaneous papers. Includes papers relating to his wife Frances.

Ridge , Frances , b 1887 , née Butcher , nurse and missionary
Ridge , William Sheldon , 1875-1945 , teacher and journalist
GB 2134 ACE G · 1952-1993

Most although not all of the material relates to the 1950s and 1960s when the College was at its height of research activity.
Includes:
Research Committee minutes A CE G 1 - Minutes of meetings of Education and Research Committee (1952-1953), of Research Committee (1953-1975), and of Research and Practice Organisation Committee (1975-1976); Research Committee papers A CE G 2 - Supporting papers for meetings of Research Committee (1953-1969) and Research and Practice Organisation Committee (1975-1976).

Research Committee circulars A CE G 3 Progress reports, 'Blunderbus' letters, Between Ourselves, consolidated comment circulars and related material (1955-1969).

Research Committee general correspondence ACE G4 (1953-1978); Chairman's [Dr Pinsent] correspondence ACE G 5 (1952-1970).

Policy Subcommittee papers A CE G 6 Papers, including minutes of meetings, agendas, reports and correspondence, of the Policy Subcommittee of the Research Committee (1964-1965).

Research Foundation Board minutes A CE G 7 Minutes, mostly signed, of meetings of Research Foundation Committee (1960-1961), of the Research Foundation Board (1961-1974) and of the joint meetings of the Research Foundation Board and the Education Foundation Board (1960-1976); Research Foundation Board papers A CE G 8 Supporting papers for meetings of Research Foundation Board, including duplicate minutes and agendas, reports, applications and some correspondence (1960-1971).

Clinical Research Ethics Committee minutes A CE G 9 Minutes, mostly signed, of meetings of the Clinical Trials Ethical Committee (1981-1989) and of the (renamed) Clinical Trials Ethics Committee (1989-1993).

Oral Contraception Working Party papers A CE G 10 Reports and correspondence of the Oral Contraception Working Party, later called the Oral Contraception Executive Committee (1965-1970). See also papers ARE Manchester Research Unit.
Hospitals and Preventive Medicine Working Party A CE G 10 Papers of Working Party on Relationship of General Practitioners with Hospitals and Preventive Medicine. (1959-1961).

Psychiatry and the General Practitioner Working Party A CE G 12 Reports and correspondence (1956-1958).

General Practice Research Unit Advisory Panel A CE G 13 Minutes, agendas and reports of General Practice Research Unit Advisory Panel (1968-1974).

Records Unit A CE G 14 Reports and correspondence of the Records Unit (later the Records and Statistics Unit) Working Party (1954-1965).

Epidemic Observation Unit A CE G 15 Reports and correspondence of the Epidemic Observation Unit, based in Dr. G. Watson's Surrey practice (1954-1963) See also papers ARE Research Units.

Research Symposium papers A CE G 16 Reports and correspondence concerning College research symposia (1955-1968).

Diagnostic indices A CE G 17 Diagnostic indices developed by Research Committee (c.1962-1968).

Research Registers A CE G 18 Register of members' interests and participation in research, and central register of faculty research. (c.1953-1970); Research Register papers A CE G 19 Reports and correspondence concerning research register (c1953-1969).

Measles investigation papers A CE G 20 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation into the complications of Measles (1953-1958).

Respiratory disease investigation papers A CE G 21 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation into respiratory tract disease and acute chest infection, including chronic bronchitis (1953-1960).

Tonsillectomy Study A CE G 22 Reports and correspondence of tonsillectomy study carried out by the North Midland (Sheffield) Faculty (1953-1961).

Morbidity Survey A CE G 23 Reports and correspondence concerning first national survey of morbidity (1953-1965). [See ARE A5-7 Papers of Birmingham Research Unit for later Morbidity Surveys].

Congenital Deafness Investigation A CE G 24 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation into congenital deafness (1954-1955).

Obstetric Card A CE G 25 Reports and correspondence concerning development of obstetric diagnostic record card (1954-1964).

Prescribing Habits Study A CE G 26 Reports and correspondence concerning prescribing (or therapeutic) habits (1954-1960).

Pink Disease Investigation A CE G 27 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation into Pink Disease [babyhood mercury poisoning] conducted by the South-West England Faculty (1955-1956).

Asthma Investigation A CE G 28 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation into asthma in childhood conducted by Welsh Faculty (1955-1959).

Farmer's Lung ACE G 29 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation into Farmer's Lung conducted by Dr F Staines (1955-1961).

Pernicious Anaemia ACE G 30 Reports and correspondence concerning study of pernicious Anaemia (1955-1960).

Epilepsy Investigation ACE G 31 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation into epilepsy and convulsive disorders of children under five years old (1955-1968).

Virus Disease A CE G 32 Reports and correspondence concerning Dr. R. Pinsent's paper on virus disease (1955-1956).

Headache investigation A CE G 33 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation conducted by the Hull and East Riding Subfaculty into headache (1955-1956).

Research Techniques A CE G 34 Reports and correspondence concerning study of research techniques, including the 'Family Folder' and the 'Portfolio Plan' (1956-1957).

Herpes Zoster Investigation A CE G 35 1956 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation conducted by Midland Faculty into the use of Vitamin B12 in the treatment of herpes zoster (1956).

Diabetes Survey A CE G 36 Reports and correspondence concerning a proposed survey conducted by the Hull and East Riding Subfaculty on diabetes (1957).

Daffodil Dermatitis Investigation A CE G 37 Reports and correspondence concerning investigation conducted by South-West England Faculty into daffodil dermatitis (1956-1957).

Hypertension study A CE G 38 Reports and correspondence concerning studies ofhypertension variously conducted by Dr. A. de la Mallett, Dr. D. Wheatley, the Northern Home Counties Faculty, and the New South Wales Faculty (1957-1960).

Pharmacopoeia Revision A CE G 39 Reports and correspondence concerning revision of the British Pharmacopoeia (1953-1962).

Intercontinental Medical Statistics ACE G40 Reports and correspondence concerning Intercontinental Medical Statistics (1958-1961).

Operational Research survey A CE G 41Reports and correspondence concerning survey of operational (or organisational) research in general practice (1959-1963).

Persantin trial A CE G 42 Reports and correspondence concerning trial of 'Persantin' by Dr. L. Hunt of Pfizer Ltd. (1959-1960).

Drug Addiction Working Party A CE G 43 Reports, correspondence, and minutes of meetings of the Drug Addiction Working Party (1959).

Alcoholism study A CE G 44 Correspondence concerning proposed study group on alcoholism, including material regarding the Joseph Rowntree Social Service Trust's Steering Group on Alcoholism (1959-1960).

Flumidin trial A CE G 45 Reports and correspondence concerning trial of 'Flumidin' organised by Bayer Products Ltd. (1959-1960).

Cancer Study Group A CE G 46 Reports and correspondence of Cancer Study Group (1960-1967).

Glaucoma survey A CE G 47 Correspondence concerning glaucoma survey (1960).

Tamar Valley Soil study papers A CE G 48 Reports and correspondence concerning study of the consequences for human health of the mineral composition (particularly lead concentrations) of soil in the Tamar Valley (1963-1964).

Hernia study A CE G 49 Reports and correspondence concerning study of hernia conducted by Dr. E. Gancz of the South-East England Faculty (1963-1966).

Roadside Lead survey A CE G 50 Reports and correspondence concerning comparative study of levels of lead concentration in roadside privets near Newcastle, Falmouth and Tavistock (1963-1966).

Multiple Sclerosis study A CE G 51 Reports and correspondence concerning study of multiple Sclerosis.

Air Pollution study A CE G 52 Reports and correspondence concerning a study of air pollution in London and Sheffield (1964-1966).

Linkage study A CE G 53 Correspondence concerning studies of linkage of medical records conducted by the College Records Unit (in North Staffordshire) and the Northern Ireland Faculty (1964-1966).

Mental Illness survey A CE G 54 Reports and correspondence concerning survey of mental illness (1964-1965).

Nurse referral study A CE G 55 Reports and correspondence concerning study of general practitioners' patterns of nurse referral (1964-1967).

Nutrition in Pregnancy survey A CE G 56 Reports and correspondence concerning survey of nutrition in pregnancy conducted by the College in conjunction with the Ministry of Health (1964-1966).

Records Summary Card A CE G 57 Reports and correspondence concerning development of a records summary card ('S' card) by the College Records and Statistical Unit (1956-1968).

Diabetes Survey Working Party A CE G 58 Reports and correspondence of Diabetes Study Working Party (1962-1968).

Congenital Abnormalities survey A CE G 59 Reports and correspondence concerning a survey of congenital abnormalities (1960-1966).

Epsom College survey A CE G 60 Papers concerning health survey of Epsom College schoolchildren (1965).

Nutrition and Disease study A CE G 61 Reports and correspondence concerning a 'longitudinal' study of nutrition and disease, particularly dietary sugar, conducted by Prof. J. Yudkin (1965).

.Trace Element Uptake study A CE G 62 Reports and correspondence concerning study of mineral trace element uptake in vegetation conducted by the College in conjunction with the Chester Beatty Research Institute (1965-1966).

Schizophrenia study A CE G 63 Reports and correspondence concerning study of schizophrenia (1966-1970).

Welsh Soils Discussion Group A CE G 64 Reports and correspondence of Welsh Soils Discussion Group of University College of North Wales (1967-1971).

Urban Mineralization Study A CE G 65 Reports and correspondence concerning study of mineral composition of the soil in the Birmingham urban area (1972).

Viral Diseases in Pregnancy study A CE G 66 Reports and correspondence concerning a study of viral diseases in pregnancy (1972).

Meldon Reservoir study A CE G 67 Reports and correspondence concerning mineral trace elements in the Meldon Reservoir (formerly West Okemont Valley) (1968-1972).

Scientific Foundation Board A CE G 68 Records relating to the Scientific Foundation Board. (1976-1993).

Royal College of General Practitioners
GB 0074 A/RNY · Collection · 1857-1969

Records of charity The Ranyard Mission and Ranyard Nurses, comprising Council minutes; Finance Committee minutes; Executive Committee minutes; registers of nurses; annual reports; correspondence; booklets, pamphlets and magazines; accounts of the Mission; speeches; photographs; badges; and papers relating to Special Funds.

The Ranyard Mission and Ranyard Nurses The London Bible and Domestic Female Mission x London Biblewomen and Nurses Mission
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP27 · 1931-1942

Papers of Barbara Rampton comprising:
record of lessons and proficiency in training undertaken at King's College Hospital (KCH), 1939;
printed rules of the General Nursing Council (GNC) for England and Wales, 1931;
receipts for GNC fees, 1940, 1942;
question papers for the GNC Preliminary Examination, and Preliminary State Examination, 8 Oct 1940; and the Final State Examination for the General part of the Register, 23 Sep 1942;
GNC printed Syllabus of subjects for examination for the Certificate of General Nursing, 1939; GNC Regulations for Conduct of Examinations, for Preliminary and Final Examinations, 1939;
KCH School of Nursing prospectus; printed KCH `Rules for the Nurses', Apr 1938;
receipt for payment of KCH Preliminary Training School fee, 9 Aug 1939;
copies of question papers for KCH Junior Nurses Examination, 1940; and KCH Examination on medicine and medical nursing, 17 Feb 1942.

Rampton , Barbara Cecilia , fl 1939-1942 , nurse
RLHQE · Fonds · 1868-1998

Administrative records, chaplaincy records, clinico-pathological minute books, title deeds and other legal records, financial records, patient records, nursing records, photographs and records received from unofficial sources.

North Eastern Hospital for Children; Queen's Hospital for Children; Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children.
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP24 · 1913-1922

Certificates of Dorothy Phillips comprising East London Hospital for Children, certificate of training, 20 April 1913; King's College Hospital Certificate of Invalid Cookery, 3 Feb 1915; King's College Hospital Certificate of training, 1917; Central Midwives Board certificate, 10 Feb 1919; The College of Nursing, certificate of Registration, 27 Mar 1919; General Nursing Council of England and Wales, admission to General Register as Registered Nurse, 3 Feb 1922.

Phillips , Dorothy , fl 1913-1922 , nurse
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP23 · 1913-1919

Small photograph album of Elsie M Parkinson containing images of King's College Hospital, nurses, staff, wards, patients, etc. Also includes some pencil sketches, rhymes and poems [1913-1919]. Most photographs have captions.

Parkinson , Elsie M , fl 1913-1919 , nurse
GB 0102 OA1 · (1876-1949) 1972-1974

Cassette copies and transcripts of recordings of unedited interviews assembled, 1972-1974, for the radio series 'Plain Tales from the Raj', including material not included in the broadcast programmes, and comprising c200 hours of material. The 82 subjects interviewed, including men, women, adults and children, lived and worked in India from the late 19th century to Independence (1947) and the interviews cover a wide range of civilian and military experience between 1876 and 1949. Military personnel range from the Commander in Chief of the Army in India to Army privates. Civil servants of various ranks and members of the business and commercial world, for example tea planters, are also included. Women mainly comprise wives and daughters, but also include a few nurses and governesses. The project covered the lives of the British in India and, although the material touches upon the effect of the Raj on India and its indigenous inhabitants, only a small number of Indians and Eurasians were interviewed. Subjects covered include accommodation and living conditions; daily routine; social life and recreation; health and sanitation; the effects of India postings on family life; relations between the British, other Europeans, Indians and Eurasians in social and work environments; events such as riots and earthquakes; the fauna and landscape of India; and political events. Full typescript transcripts (including inaccuracies in some cases) exist for most, but not all, of the recordings.

British Broadcasting Corporation , Radio 4
GB 0074 HA/NW · Collection · 1947-1977

Records of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, including minutes and papers of the Board; National Hospital Reserve Sub-Committee; Establishment Committee; Medical Staffing Sub-Committee; Nursing Sub-Committee; Finance Committee; Finance Committee Investments Sub-Committee; Drugs Expenditure Sub-Committee; Medical Advisory Committee; Planning Committee; Planning and General Purposes Committee; Planning and General Purposes Committee Building, Land and Works Sub-Committee; Planning and General Purposes Committee Clinical Research Sub-Committee; Mental Health Committee; Planning and General Purposes Committee Mental Health Sub-committee and Steering Committee.

North West Metropolitan Regional Committees including minutes and papers of the North West Metropolitan Area Nurse Training Committee; North West Metropolitan Area Nurse Training Committee Finance Sub-Committee; Joint Consultative Committee for Inner London Hospitals in the North West Metropolitan Hospital Region minutes and papers; Joint Working Group of the Metropolitan Joint Consultative Committees; North West Metropolitan Hospital Regional Staff Advisory Committee, and the Regional Staff Committee.

North West Thames Regional Health Authority minutes and Departmental Records, including papers of the Regional Centres for Specialised Treatment; Major Accidents Procedure; Joint Consultative Committee for Inner London Hospitals; Planning: Central London Area and Planning: Regional Joint Liaison Committee for transfer to new authorities.

National Hospital Service Reserve, including papers of Mrs Grieb, Regional Coordinating Officer comprising scrapbook and photographs.

North West Thames Regional Health Authority , 1974-1994 North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board , 1948-1974
GB 0074 HA/NT · Collection · 1944-1995

Records of the North Thames Regional Health Authority and predecessors, 1944-1995. This collection includes minutes, agendas and papers of the Health Authority/Health Board and various committees including the Nurse Training Committee; Hospital Management Committee; University Liaison Committee; Dental Committee; Nursing and Midwifery Committee; Optical Committee; Manpower Committee; Appointments Advisory Committee; District Pharmaceutical Managers; Senior Registrar's Joint Advisory Committee; Chief Nursing Officers Group.

Also press cuttings, regional circulars, financial accounts; photographs and reports.

North Thames Regional Health Authority
GB 0120 MSS.5471-5484, 6930 and 8991-9109 · 1847-1905 and undated; also copies, taken during the 1970s, of items dated 1827-1970 and undated

The collection chiefly comprises correspondence by Florence Nightingale, either in original or in copy form. The date-span covers the whole of her life and the subjects range from her attempts to become a nurse, service in the Crimea and subsequent work reforming the training and practice of nursing, through her other concerns such as Indian sanitation, cottage hospitals and the use of medical statistics, to personal and family matters. Well-represented correspondents include her family (particularly her sister Parthenope and brother-in-law Sir Harry Verney), Sir William Aitken (1825-1892), Professor of Pathology at the Army Medical School; George Hanby De'ath (c.1862-1901), Medical Officer of Health for Buckingham; William Farr (1807-1883), statistician; Miss Louisa Gordon, Matron at St Thomas' Hospital; Miss Amy Hughes, Superintendent of the Nurses' Co-operation; Sir John Henry Lefroy (1817-1890); Charles C. Plowden of the Sanitary Department of the India Office; and Mary Clarke Mohl (1793-1883). In addition, there is twentieth century material relating to Nightingale's legacy such as photographs of her grave (at MS.9101) and administrative papers relating to the compilation of A calendar of the letters of Florence Nightingale (Oxford, 1977) by Sue Goldie (MSS.9106-9109).

Nightingale , Florence , 1820-1910 , nursing reformer
NIGHTINGALE FUND COUNCIL
GB 0074 A/NFC · Collection · 1832-1977

Records of the Nightingale Fund Council, including deeds of trust; minutes; correspondence; annual reports; papers relating to St Thomas's Hospital; regulations; financial accounts; fundraising accounts; agreements; registers, prospectuses and syllabi of the Nightingale Training School; papers relating to the registration of nurses and nursing in general.

Also papers of the City Auxiliary Committee of the Nightingale Fund, comprising minutes, correspondence and accounts; and papers of Albert Venn Dicey (a jurist and Professor of Law at Oxford).

Nightingale Fund Council
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP22 · 1922-1959

Papers of Isabella Jeanette (Jean) Murray, including letter enclosing gift, 21 Dec 1922; enrolment card as member of King's College Hospital Nurses League, 14 Jan 1925; receipt for life membership subscription of the League, 18 Apr 1927;
bundle of small black and white photographs including images of nurses Iris Angwen, Jean Murray, Dilnot, Emma, Wallis and Littlejohn, Nichol, Lloyd, Shaw, Ross, Bush, c 1924; photograph of Dr and Mrs Firth, and Raymond Firth, 1932; photograph of Lonsdale Ward, King's College Hospital (undated);
volume of manuscript notes on bandaging, operating theatre procedures and surgical equipment; cuttings of various remedies; the Hospital Chorus; trolley preparation for various procedures; and descriptions of treatments and patient preparation;
examination question paper for King's College Hospital Junior Probationer Examination [c.1921];
bundle of photocopies including an invitation to the Nurses Christmas Ball, King's College Hospital, Jan 1959; notes on Kitchen Duties;
letters to Murray, from T R Sanderson, Assistant County Secretary, British Red Cross Society Kent, confirming her appointment as an approved Lecturer in Home Nursing, 20 Mar 1940; from G G Hall British Red Cross Society, 2 May 1940, relating to Miss Murray's class undertaking the Home Nursing examination; from E [Guy] principal, Ashford Technical Institute and Evening Classes, relating to salary claim form for lectures given in Home Nursing, 7 Apr 1941.
Murray's books including: Text-book for nurses, anatomy physiology, surgery and medicine, E W Hey Groves, and J M Fortescue-Brickdale, 2nd edition, The Joint Committee of Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1919 (inscribed J I Murray, 1920); A handbook for nurses with examination questions based on the contents of the chapters, J K Watson, 5th edition, The Scientific Press, London.[undated] (inscribed J Murray 1919); A complete system of nursing, A Millicent Ashdown, J M Dent & Sons, London and Toronto, 1919 (inscribed I J Murray , and containing letters to Miss J J Murray 1940-1941)); Aids to anatomy and physiology for nurses, Katherine F Armstrong, Balliere, Tindall and Cole, London, 1939 (inscribed I J Murray).

Murray , Isabella Jeanette (Jean) , fl 1922-1959 , nurse
GB 0074 ACC/2526 · Collection · 1946-1957

Records of London County Council midwife Agnes Morris. These registers, printed by the London County Council Public Health Department, include the name, address and age of the mother, the date and hour of the child's birth, its sex and whether it was a live or dead birth, with other information about the attendances of the midwife and other doctors or nurses and remarks of a medical nature of the birth. With few exceptions the mothers concerned lived in Peckham until 1952. From 1953 to 1956 the cases were in Balham and Tooting and from 1956 to 1957 in Woolwich.

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Morris , Agnes C , fl 1946-1957 , midwife
Mile End Hospital
RLHME · Fonds · 1858-1990

Administrative records, Chaplain's records, patient records, nursing records, photographs and miscellaneous records.

Mile End Hospital
Mildmay Mission Hospital
RLHMM · Fonds · 1877-1996

Administrative records, patient registers, nursing records and photographs.

Royal London Hospital
Metropolitan Hospital
SBHM · Fonds · 1825-1977

Comprises: Administrative records; Estate and property records; Nursing records; Medical records; Pathology records; Radiography records; Nurses League records; Staff records; Operating theatre records.

Metropolitan Hospital, London
GB 0074 CLC/010 · Collection · 1873-1974

Records of the Metropolitan District Nursing Association, formerly the Metropolitan Nursing Association for Providing Nurses for the Sick Poor. The records comprise: minutes and annual reports, 1873-1974 (Ms 14618-24); correspondence and reports, 1876-1974 (Ms 14625-7); agreements 1917-38 (Ms 14628-31, 14811-12); financial records, 1924-74 (Ms 14632-6, 14891-3); and staff records, 1875-1974 (Ms 14637-51). They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff in 1973-4. The whereabouts of any further records is unknown.

Metropolitan District Nursing Association x Metropolitan Nursing Association for Providing Nurses for the Sick Poor
MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH
GB 0074 ACC/2764 · Collection · 1924-1930

Minutes of the Council and of Branch Meetings of the Metropolitan Branch of the Society of Medical Officers of Health.

Society of Medical Officers of Health , Metropolitan Branch
MASON, Elsie (fl 1912-1922)
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP19 · 1917-1919

Papers of Sister Elsie Mason comprising photograph album containing small black and white photographs depicting, nurses, wards, patients, students at King's College Hospital etc, 1917-1919. Most images are labelled and dated.

Mason , Elsie , fl 1917-1922 , nurse
GB 0097 LASS · Collection · 1987-1995

Papers, correspondence, reports and official publications regarding the London Ambulance Service strike, disputes and select committees on the ambulance service, 1987-1995, collected by Nigel Spearing.

Spearing , Nigel John , b 1930 , politician
GB 0100 KCLCA LH/FP & LH/F · 1897-[2001]

Lewisham Hospital student nurse records, comprising information for Matron's report, 1950-1971; Registers of Probationer Nurses, 1912-1958 (incomplete); Records of allocation of Probationer Nurses 1921-1945; records of [nurse] training, 1947-1970 (incomplete); [nurse training] examination results, 1897-1971; records of educational tests, 1961-1968; entrants for training, 1968-1972; Revision test results for final exams, 1951-1956; Records of study periods, 1954-1955; General register or details of training, 1953-1971.

Also student files [1960-1990], (LH/FP), including correspondence, practical nursing experience records, completed application forms, reference record sheets, and references; paper entitled 'One year training for mental nurse register in the Guy's Hospital Group', 1972, (LH/F1); paper entitled 'Proposals for the implementation of the 1974 Revised RMN syllabus in the Thomas Guy School of Nursing', 1975, (LH/F2); paper on proposed course 'The Art of Teaching' entitled 'The Nurse as a Teacher Workshop' (sic), 1974, (LH/F3); notes on post registration course in psychiatric nursing, 1974-1975, (LH/F4).

Lewisham Hospital
LEE, Shui-wai (fl 1966-1971)
GB 0074 LMA/4500 · Collection · 1966-1971

Papers of Shui-wai Lee relating to her nursing training and permission to work in Britain.

Lee , Shui-wai , fl 1966-1971 , nurse and lecturer
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP18 · 1920s-1960s

Papers of M Helen Lea comprising scrap book containing pictures of King's College Hospital, staff and buildings, visitors, wards, 1920s-1960s; and scrap book titled `High Elms, Kings College Hospital Preliminary Training School, Oct 1956', with accompanying letter and notes, 1983.

Lea , M Helen , (Sister Grace) , fl 1920s-1980s , nurse
LAMBETH HOSPITAL
F/WAL · Collection · 1893-1944

Papers relating to Lambeth Infirmary, later Lambeth Hospital, presented by Norah B. Wallis, Matron, 1919-1945, including dietary plans, notes on 'Training to become a nurse in 1906', hospital notices, statistics, reports, architectural plans, articles and photographs of wards and staff.

Renfrew Road Workhouse , 1871-1922 x Lambeth Infirmary , 1876-1922 x Lambeth Hospital , 1922-1964
KELLY, Mary P (fl 1946-1955)
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP17 · 1946-1955

Papers of Mary P Kelly comprising letters of acceptance for nurse training at King's College Hospital, 24 Mar 1947, and 25 Apr 1947;
copies of printed examination question papers for the General Council of Nursing Final State Examination for the General Part of the Register, 7 Jun 1950; Borough Polytechnic King's College Nurses - Theory Examination (undated);
King's College Hospital School of Nursing prospectus (undated, post 1913) King's College Hospital regulations for nurses, Jan 1946; King's College Hospital regulations for the nursing staff with regard to the ordering, custody and administration of dangerous drugs and poisons, Apr 1949; pamphlet titled `Nurses' to be given to nurses on admission to the Training School containing a treatise on the Christian duties of nursing (undated); printed card containing a monthly order of prayer for King's College Hospital Chapel (undated);

King's College Hospital notice relating to the gradual introduction of equal pay for male and female nurses, Oct 1955;

printed copy of the Constitution of the King's College Hospital Nurses' League, Nov 1949; printed article `King's College Hospital Nurses League and badge of membership' (undated);

pamphlet A weighed diabetic diet, theline-ration' scheme', R D Lawrence, 1942 (reprinted 1949), and related leaflet `explanation to doctors';

newspaper cutting depicting members and patients in the department of gynaecological surgeon Sir William Gilliatt at King's College Hospital;

printed copy of King's College Hospital Gazette, Christmas 1950.

Kelly , Mary P , fl 1946-1955 , nurse
GB 0120 MSS.5406-5409 and 7869-7872 · 1871-1892 and undated

The collection comprises prescriptions issued by Kellgren at various institutes for Swedish medical gymnastics; namely, the Schwedisches Heilgymnastisches Institut in Gotha, Germany (MSS.5406-5407 and 7869), the Schwedisches Institut für Manuelle Behandlung der Krankheiten, Baden-Baden (MS.7872), the Swedish Institution for the Cure of Diseases by Manual Treatment, London (MSS.5408 and 7870), the Institutet för Manuel Sjukbehandling, Sanna, near Jönköping, Sweden (MS.5409), and the Institution Suèdoise pour le Traitement Manuel des Maladies, Paris (MS.7871). Patients include members of the nobility of the United Kingdom and of Germany, as well as members of the Kellgren and Cyriax families.

Kellgren , Jonas Henrik , 1837-1916 , practitioner of Swedish medical gymnastics and manipulative treatment Schwedisches Heilgymnastisches Institut , Gotha , Germany Schwedisches Institut für Manuelle Behandlung der Krankheiten , Baden-Baden , Germany Swedish Institution for the Cure of Diseases by Manual Treatment , London Institutet för Manuel Sjukbehandling , Sanna , Sweden Institution Suèdoise pour le Traitement Manuel des Maladies , Paris , France
JONES, Mary (1813-1887)
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP16 · 1861-1868

Material relating to Mary Jones comprising a collection of photographs of letters from Florence Nightingale to Mary Jones 1861-1868; photocopy of letter to [Jones] from Florence Nightingale, 12 Jan 1867, and 25 Jan1868;

photographs of letters to Jones from William Rathbone, 27 Jun 1860, relating to the building of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, also a list of specifications for the new hospital; letter from Jones to Nightingale relating to the Liverpool Infirmary, 29 Jun 1860; letter to [Jones] from William Rathbone, Secretary, Central Relief Committee, 8 Dec 1864, relating to the work of District Nurses.

Also typescript list of Florence Nightingale letters photographed; biographical information on Mary Jones (undated).

Jones , Mary , 1813-1887 , nursing sister
GB 1538 C15 · 1992

Correspondence files of the joint meetings to discuss maternity care in the new National Health Service of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Committee, including papers on the background to its establishment, from 1985-1992, including minutes of meetings and publications, particularly RCOG, RCGP & RCM, Maternity Care in the New NHS: A Joint Approach, July 1992.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Royal College of General Practitioners Royal College of Midwives
HOBBS, Joan (died 2003)
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP14 · 1934-1967

Papers of Joan Hobbs comprising:
King's College Hospital certificates of Invalid Cookery, 21 Jul 1934; nursing training 1934-1937; and Maternity Department training, 10 Mar 1939;
Central Midwives Board certificate, 13 Aug 1938; Certificate of Membership of the College of Nursing, 20 Jul 1939; King's College of Household and Social Science certificate of attendance and practice of Elementary Dietetics, 4 Aug 1939; Battersea Polytechnic Certificate Department of Hygiene & Public Health course for Sister Tutors, Jul 1942; University of London Diploma in Nursing, 17 Dec 1943; Home Office Civil Defence Staff College course attendance, 4 Mar 1955.

notice of the General Nursing Council (GNC) for England and Wales relating to registration of nurses, 1950;
Hobbs' GNC certificates of admission to the General Register, 26 Nov 1937; and of registration as a Sister-Tutor, 24 Oct 1947; letter from the GNC relating to Hobbs membership of the Council's panel of Examiners, 29 Nov 1946; printed rules of the GNC, 1931; Receipts for payment of GNC fees, 29 Aug 1947; 21 Aug 1950; GNC receipt for notification of change of address;

Nurses League membership card, 7 Nov 1937; receipts for subscriptions to Nurse's League, 1940, and Battersea Polytechnic PHA, 1945;

Central Midwives Board notification of receipt of letter, May 1967;

three letters to Joan Hobbs from H Willoughby Lyle, King's College Hospital historian, 19 May 1951, 30 May 1951, relating to request for information concerning the foundation of King's College Hospital and the various forms of crest used; and delivery of copies of Lyle's book to the Nursing Department, 15 Oct 1951.

HOBBS , Joan (Sister Jane) , [1912]-2003 , nurse and tutor
GB 0100 HGH/FP · 1955-1967

Registers of student nurses at Hither Green Hospital, 1955-1967, including names, personal details, dates of training, ward allocation and examination results.

Hither Green Hospital , Hither Green
GB 0120 MSS.5165-5177 · 1876-1932

Scrapbooks of A B Hill, 1876-1932, mainly relating to his career in public health, containing newscuttings, programmes of events (especially dinners and conferences of societies concerned with public health and local affairs in the Birmingham area), and miscellaneous papers.

Hill , Alfred Bostock , 1854-1932 , Professor of Hygiene and Public Health
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP13 · 1914-1919

Papers of Julia Ashbourne (Daisy) Herbert comprising letter to Herbert from Sidney Brown, TFNS Matron-in-Chief, concerning joining the TFNS unit in Lincoln, Aug 1914; from Matron-in-Chief British Expeditionary Forces, congratulations on award of Military Medal, 20 Oct 1917; certificate recording Herbert's mention in dispatches, 7 Nov 1917; telegram and letter relating to investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, Jul 1919; membership papers for TFNS [1922];
letters to Herbert's aunt, Miss Lucy Herbert, describing her activities and surroundings, Sep 1919-Jan 1919 (20 letters) including a New Year greeting card from No 1 Casualty Clearing Station, Mons, France, 1918; dance cards for Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Mons, 29 Nov 1918; and Soiree Dansante, Mons, 5 Dec 1918.
black and white photograph portrait of Herbert in nursing uniform;
newspaper cuttings recording wounded nurses, Oct 1917; announcement of award of Military Medal to Herbert and other nurses, including Gloucester nurse's bravery - awarded the Military Medal' Gloucestershire Chronicle, 1 Dec 1917; 'The Nurse who "carried on"', Daily Express, 1917; and the investiture at Buckingham Palace (with illustrations), 1919; printed copy of An historical roll (with portraits) of those women of the British Empire to whom The Military Medal has been awarded during the Great War 1914-1918 forbravery and devotion under fire', compiled by Lt-Col J H Leslie, Sheffield, 1920;
small envelope with medal ribbons; souvenir German wartime string made from paper; also includes correspondence with St Margaret's Convent, East Grinstead, relating to the deposit of Herbert's papers, 1975-1978.

Herbert , Julia Ashbourne (Daisy) , born 1881 , nurse
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP12 · 1929

Manuscript volume of Irene Rose Hasler titled `Sister tutor's lectures, 1929, Miss K Armstrong, Anatomy and Physiology' containing notes on lectures, with accompanying sketches, which have been annotated in red ink. Inserted are a number of duplicated notes and diagrams relating to physiology and treatment.

Hasler , Irene Rose , fl 1929-1931 , nurse
Godfrey, Emily
GB 0102 MS 380758 · 1919-1979

Papers, 1919-1979, of and relating to Emily Godfrey, comprising a record of her missionary work and biographical information, 1921-1978; copy certificate as founder member of the Royal College of Nursing, undated; her testimony when applying to be a missionary, 1919, and typescript copy; letters and papers, 1919-1921, relating to her appointment by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (PMMS); PMMS congratulations on receiving the Royal Red Cross medal for war work, undated; printed papers relating to Methodist activities, mainly in England, some relating to addresses by Emily Godfrey, 1921-1937; printed and typescript reports on her work in Nigeria, 1922-[1934]; letters received from various correspondents, 1922-1954, the subjects including her missionary work and retirement (1944); letters, 1942-1946, from German missionaries who were interned in Nigeria and England during World War Two; papers relating to pensions, 1937-1964; leaflet appealing for funds for the Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara, Nigeria, c1976; typescript accounts by Emily Godfrey of her work in Nigeria, one made from a tape recording (since lost), undated; printed and typescript items on her death, including obituaries and a letter of condolence, 1978-1979.

Godfrey , Emily , 1884-1978 , medical missionary