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Title
Date(s)
- 1897-[2001] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
211 boxes or 2.11 m3, and 22 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lewisham Hospital opened as a workhouse in 1817 and then as a hospital in 1894. It admitted cholera cases from 1867 and lunatics from 1897. It became Lewisham Hospital Group in 1948. In 1974 the Group became one of the four Health Districts in the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Area Health Authority (Teaching). The other three Districts were King's College Hospital, Guy's, and St Thomas's. In 1982 it became Lewisham and North Southwark District Health Authority. In 1993 it became Lewisham Hospital National Health Service Trust.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0100 KCLCA LH/FP & LH/F 1897-[2001] Collection (fonds) 211 boxes or 2.11 m3, and 22 volumes Lewisham Hospital
Lewisham Hospital opened as a workhouse in 1817 and then as a hospital in 1894. It admitted cholera cases from 1867 and lunatics from 1897. It became Lewisham Hospital Group in 1948. In 1974 the Group became one of the four Health Districts in the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Area Health Authority (Teaching). The other three Districts were King's College Hospital, Guy's, and St Thomas's. In 1982 it became Lewisham and North Southwark District Health Authority. In 1993 it became Lewisham Hospital National Health Service Trust.
Transferred from King's College Hospital Nurses' League, 1985 and the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery in 1999/2000 and subsequently.
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).
Volumes are arranged as outlined in the scope and content. Student files are arranged alphabetically by surname.
Administrative and committee papers are closed for 30 years from the last date on file. Student and staff records are closed for 80 years.
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
Detailed catalogue available in the reading room of the College Archives.
King's College London Archives holds student nurse records of: St Thomas's Hospital, [1950-1980] (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA TH/SN/FP); King's College Hospital School of Nursing, 1885-1998 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA KH/NL & K/NI/PR); Dulwich Hospital, 1917-1967 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA DH/FP); St Francis Hospital, 1949-1956, (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA SFH/FP); St Giles Hospital, 1931, 1952-1954 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA SGH/FP); and St Saviour's Infirmary, [1890]-1931 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA SSH/FP); New Cross Hospital, 1954-1965 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA NC/FP); Hither Green Hospital 1955-1967 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA HGH/FP); St John's Hospital, 1955-1969 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA SJHC/FP); Thomas Guy and Lewisham School of Nursing, 1985-1992 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA TGL/FP); Nightingale and Guy's College of Nursing, 1991-1993 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA NG/FP); Guy's Hospital School of Nursing, 1949-1978 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA GHN/FP).
Lewisham Hospital general administrative records, 1894-1948, admission and discharge records, 1894-1922, and staff records, 1894-1930, are held at London Metropolitan Archives; Lewisham Hospital general administrative records, 1870-1937, finance records, 1842-1875, estates records, 1832-1977, pictorial records, 1881-1971, and clinical & patients records, 1944-1970, are held at Lewisham Local Studies 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. May 2000. Revised June 2004. Health services Hospitals Lewisham Hospital Medical institutions Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Paramedical personnel Paramedical personnel training Personnel Social sciences Social welfare Surgery Vocational training subjects People by occupation People
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from King's College Hospital Nurses' League, 1985 and the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery in 1999/2000 and subsequently.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Volumes are arranged as outlined in the scope and content. Student files are arranged alphabetically by surname.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Administrative and committee papers are closed for 30 years from the last date on file. Student and staff records are closed for 80 years.
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
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
King's College London Archives holds student nurse records of: St Thomas's Hospital, [1950-1980] (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA TH/SN/FP); King's College Hospital School of Nursing, 1885-1998 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA KH/NL & K/NI/PR); Dulwich Hospital, 1917-1967 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA DH/FP); St Francis Hospital, 1949-1956, (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA SFH/FP); St Giles Hospital, 1931, 1952-1954 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA SGH/FP); and St Saviour's Infirmary, [1890]-1931 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA SSH/FP); New Cross Hospital, 1954-1965 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA NC/FP); Hither Green Hospital 1955-1967 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA HGH/FP); St John's Hospital, 1955-1969 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA SJHC/FP); Thomas Guy and Lewisham School of Nursing, 1985-1992 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA TGL/FP); Nightingale and Guy's College of Nursing, 1991-1993 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA NG/FP); Guy's Hospital School of Nursing, 1949-1978 (Ref: GB 0100 KCLCA GHN/FP).
Finding aids
Detailed catalogue available in the reading room of the College Archives.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Lewisham Hospital general administrative records, 1894-1948, admission and discharge records, 1894-1922, and staff records, 1894-1930, are held at London Metropolitan Archives; Lewisham Hospital general administrative records, 1870-1937, finance records, 1842-1875, estates records, 1832-1977, pictorial records, 1881-1971, and clinical & patients records, 1944-1970, are held at Lewisham Local Studies 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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Language(s)
- English