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- 1939-1942, 1946 (Creation)
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3 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Royal Blind School, Leatherhead, was requisitioned by King's College Hospital as a national emergency hospital during World War Two. It was known as Leatherhead Emergency Hospital (Royal Blind School), and only existed under this name from 1939 to 1946. Thereafter it was used to house Chelsea Pensioners until the 1950s when the school reopened.
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GB 0100 KCLCA LEH/R & LEH/IN 1939-1942, 1946 Collection (fonds) 3 volumes Leatherhead Emergency Hospital
The Royal Blind School, Leatherhead, was requisitioned by King's College Hospital as a national emergency hospital during World War Two. It was known as Leatherhead Emergency Hospital (Royal Blind School), and only existed under this name from 1939 to 1946. Thereafter it was used to house Chelsea Pensioners until the 1950s when the school reopened.
King's College Hospital.
Leatherhead Emergency Hospital in-patients registers, 1939-1942, 1946, (LEH/R1-2); Leatherhead Emergency Hospital index of patients admitted, 1942, (LEH/IN1).
Arranged under Registers' andIndexes'.
Administrative and committee papers are closed for 30 years from the last date on file.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
English.
Handlist available in the reading room of the College Archives.
General administrative records, 1939-1946, are held at Surrey History Centre.
Sources: On-line Public Record Office and Wellcome Trust's Hospital Records Database at http://hospitalrecords.pro.gov.uk. Compiled by Annabel Dodds. National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000. Jun 2000. Documents Health services Hospitals Information sources Leatherhead Emergency Hospital Medical institutions Medical records Patients Social sciences Social welfare Primary documents
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
King's College Hospital.
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Scope and content
Leatherhead Emergency Hospital in-patients registers, 1939-1942, 1946, (LEH/R1-2); Leatherhead Emergency Hospital index of patients admitted, 1942, (LEH/IN1).
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Arranged under Registers' andIndexes'.
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Conditions governing access
Administrative and committee papers are closed for 30 years from the last date on file.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English.
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Finding aids
Handlist available in the reading room of the College Archives.
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General administrative records, 1939-1946, are held at Surrey History Centre.
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Rules and/or conventions used
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.
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- English