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- 1852-1944 (Creation)
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62.5 shelves, covering approximately 189 metres of 522 bound volumes
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Great Ormond Street Hospital was founded in 1852 by Charles West on its current site in Bloomsbury as the Hospital for Sick Children. It was the first children's hospital in Britain. It became part of the NHS in 1948 and took over the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Sick Children in 1968. It went through several changes of name during this period and adopted its current name in 1994.
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GOS/10 1852-1944 Sub fonds 62.5 shelves, covering approximately 189 metres of 522 bound volumes Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street Hospital was founded in 1852 by Charles West on its current site in Bloomsbury as the Hospital for Sick Children. It was the first children's hospital in Britain. It became part of the NHS in 1948 and took over the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Sick Children in 1968. It went through several changes of name during this period and adopted its current name in 1994.
Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Patient case notes of Great Ormond Street Hospital, comprising Medical Case-Notes for the following physicians and surgeons; GOS/10/1-14, Dr West’s Patients, 1857- 1873; GOS/10/15-21, Dr Hillier’s Patients, 1861-1868; GOS/10/22- 29, Dr Buchanan’s Patients, 1868-1882; GOS/10/30 – 37, Dr Gee’s Patients, 1874-1884.
Casenotes of the following doctors are arranged chronologically in the series; Dr Barlow, 1885-1899; Dr Abercrombie, 1886-1892; Dr Hadden, 1887-1893; Dr Sturges, 1889-1894; Dr Cheadle, 1889-1891; Dr Lees, 1891-1904; Dr Penrose, 1895-1905; Dr Batten, 1898-1918; Dr Garrod, 1899-1913; Dr Voelcker, 1900-1919; Dr Colman, 1905-1919; Dr Still, 1913-1926; Dr Poynton, 1918-1934; Dr Hutchison, 1919-1934; Dr Thursfield, 1920-1935; Dr Frew (including his Asthma Clinic patients), 1927-1938; Dr Cockayne, 1934-1938; Dr Pearson, 1934-1938; Dr Patterson, 1935-1937; Dr Wyllie, 1935-1937; also GOS/10/100, Chorea patients in Alice Ward, 1893-1899.
Surgical case notes, comprising registers for Mr Holmes, 1862-1867; Mr Owens, 1886-1898; Mr Arbuthnot Lane, 1890-1913; Mr Morgan, 1890-1899; Mr Hudson, 1893; Mr Pitt, 1893-1905; Mr Gunn, 1893-1900; Mr Ballance, 1902-1906; Mr Lister, 1903-1905; Mr Kellock, 1903-1913; Mr Collier, 1905-1911; Mr. Steward, 1906-1909; Mr. Fairbank, 1906-1911; MR Parsons (Ophthalmic), 1906-1911; Mr. Corner, 1909-1913; and Mr Waugh’s patients, 1911-1912. In addition, there are registers of surgical cases in Helena Ward, 1899-1902, Louise Ward, 1901-1903; dental surgery patients, 1904-1905 and a register of 'odd' surgical cases, 1934-1945* and a register of air raid casualties treated at Great Ormond Street, 1940-1944.
Other records comprise, GOS/10/514, Patient Record Cards for Dr. Pearson’s Out-Patient Clinic, 1923; and GOS/10/515-519, the Squint Clinic Patient Record Cards, 1932-1937.
The bound registers are principally arranged by the name of the physician or surgeon, and placed on the shelves in chronological order.
Material over 100 years old is closed. case motes before 1911 are open for consultation.
Open material may be digitally photographed, but the binding and fragile condition of much of the material precludes photocopying. Close dmaterial cannot be copied.
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The volumes have contemporaneous bindings, many of which are fragile and suffering from red rot. The annual arrangement means that volumes can vary in width considerably,
A typescript catalogue and master catalogue on computer are available for consultation in the Archives.
The case notes for Dr. West have been digitised and are available on the Historic Hospitals' Admission Registers Project (www.hharp.org), and Dr Garrod's case notes will be available through the same source by 2012.
See Dr. West’s clinical research papers and paediatric patient index in GOS/11/1.
Compiled by Andrea Tanner
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Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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Patient case notes of Great Ormond Street Hospital, comprising Medical Case-Notes for the following physicians and surgeons; GOS/10/1-14, Dr West’s Patients, 1857- 1873; GOS/10/15-21, Dr Hillier’s Patients, 1861-1868; GOS/10/22- 29, Dr Buchanan’s Patients, 1868-1882; GOS/10/30 – 37, Dr Gee’s Patients, 1874-1884.
Casenotes of the following doctors are arranged chronologically in the series; Dr Barlow, 1885-1899; Dr Abercrombie, 1886-1892; Dr Hadden, 1887-1893; Dr Sturges, 1889-1894; Dr Cheadle, 1889-1891; Dr Lees, 1891-1904; Dr Penrose, 1895-1905; Dr Batten, 1898-1918; Dr Garrod, 1899-1913; Dr Voelcker, 1900-1919; Dr Colman, 1905-1919; Dr Still, 1913-1926; Dr Poynton, 1918-1934; Dr Hutchison, 1919-1934; Dr Thursfield, 1920-1935; Dr Frew (including his Asthma Clinic patients), 1927-1938; Dr Cockayne, 1934-1938; Dr Pearson, 1934-1938; Dr Patterson, 1935-1937; Dr Wyllie, 1935-1937; also GOS/10/100, Chorea patients in Alice Ward, 1893-1899.
Surgical case notes, comprising registers for Mr Holmes, 1862-1867; Mr Owens, 1886-1898; Mr Arbuthnot Lane, 1890-1913; Mr Morgan, 1890-1899; Mr Hudson, 1893; Mr Pitt, 1893-1905; Mr Gunn, 1893-1900; Mr Ballance, 1902-1906; Mr Lister, 1903-1905; Mr Kellock, 1903-1913; Mr Collier, 1905-1911; Mr. Steward, 1906-1909; Mr. Fairbank, 1906-1911; MR Parsons (Ophthalmic), 1906-1911; Mr. Corner, 1909-1913; and Mr Waugh’s patients, 1911-1912. In addition, there are registers of surgical cases in Helena Ward, 1899-1902, Louise Ward, 1901-1903; dental surgery patients, 1904-1905 and a register of 'odd' surgical cases, 1934-1945* and a register of air raid casualties treated at Great Ormond Street, 1940-1944.
Other records comprise, GOS/10/514, Patient Record Cards for Dr. Pearson’s Out-Patient Clinic, 1923; and GOS/10/515-519, the Squint Clinic Patient Record Cards, 1932-1937.
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The bound registers are principally arranged by the name of the physician or surgeon, and placed on the shelves in chronological order.
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Conditions governing access
Material over 100 years old is closed. case motes before 1911 are open for consultation.
Conditions governing reproduction
Open material may be digitally photographed, but the binding and fragile condition of much of the material precludes photocopying. Close dmaterial cannot be copied.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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See Dr. West’s clinical research papers and paediatric patient index in GOS/11/1.
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A typescript catalogue and master catalogue on computer are available for consultation in the Archives.
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The case notes for Dr. West have been digitised and are available on the Historic Hospitals' Admission Registers Project (www.hharp.org), and Dr Garrod's case notes will be available through the same source by 2012.
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