Collection ACC/3519 - LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

Identity area

Reference code

ACC/3519

Title

LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

Date(s)

  • 1932 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

0.16 linear metres

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Biographical history

Under the provisions of the Lunacy Act of 1890 the London County Council was charged with the duty of providing and maintaining mental hospitals for rate-aided patients, and could also provide services for private paying patients. In 1937 the Council was maintaining 21 institutions with total accommodation of 33,823 beds. These institutions were often situated outside London and included:

Banstead Hospital, Sutton, Surrey

Bexley Hospital, Bexley, Kent

Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon, Surrey

Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge, Essex

Friern Hospital, New Southgate

Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

Long Grove Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

Saint Bernard's Hospital, Southall

Saint Ebba's Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill

Brunswick House, Mistley, Kent

Darenth Park, Dartford, Kent

Farmfield, Horley, Surrey

The Fountain Hospital, Tooting Grove

The Manor, Epsom, Surrey

South Side Home, Streatham Common

Caterham Hospital, Caterham, Surrey

Leavesden Hospital, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire

Tooting Bec Hospital, Tooting Bec Road.

Archival history

Found with the archives of the Fairfield Hospital, formerly the Three Counties Asylum.
ACC/3519 1932 Collection 0.16 linear metres LCC , London County Council x London County Council

Under the provisions of the Lunacy Act of 1890 the London County Council was charged with the duty of providing and maintaining mental hospitals for rate-aided patients, and could also provide services for private paying patients. In 1937 the Council was maintaining 21 institutions with total accommodation of 33,823 beds. These institutions were often situated outside London and included:

Banstead Hospital, Sutton, Surrey

Bexley Hospital, Bexley, Kent

Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon, Surrey

Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge, Essex

Friern Hospital, New Southgate

Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

Long Grove Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

Saint Bernard's Hospital, Southall

Saint Ebba's Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey

The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill

Brunswick House, Mistley, Kent

Darenth Park, Dartford, Kent

Farmfield, Horley, Surrey

The Fountain Hospital, Tooting Grove

The Manor, Epsom, Surrey

South Side Home, Streatham Common

Caterham Hospital, Caterham, Surrey

Leavesden Hospital, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire

Tooting Bec Hospital, Tooting Bec Road.

Found with the archives of the Fairfield Hospital, formerly the Three Counties Asylum.

Received 1995 (ACC/3519).

"Regulations setting forth the duties of the Officers and Servants of the London County Mental Hospitals, made 21 Dec 1926, revised to 31 Jul 1932". Printed, with later amendments pasted in.

One volume.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For the records of individual mental hospitals please see the Hospital Records Database hosted on The National Archives website.

For a detailed description of the mental hospitals run by the London County Council see The London County Council 1938, pages 143 - 161, LMA library reference 18.7.

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. April to June 2009 Medical sciences Nursing Psychiatric nursing Medical institutions Health services Hospitals Psychiatric hospitals LCC , London County Council x London County Council London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received 1995 (ACC/3519).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

"Regulations setting forth the duties of the Officers and Servants of the London County Mental Hospitals, made 21 Dec 1926, revised to 31 Jul 1932". Printed, with later amendments pasted in.

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Accruals

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One volume.

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Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: City of London

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For the records of individual mental hospitals please see the Hospital Records Database hosted on The National Archives website.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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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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