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Title
Date(s)
- 1869-1956 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1.77 linear metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital was established on High Holborn in 1816. It was amalgamated with Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1946. For information relating to the Hospital after 1948 see Moorfields Eye Hospital (H47/MR).
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Archival history
H47/RW 1869-1956 subfonds 1.77 linear metres Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospital
The Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital was established on High Holborn in 1816. It was amalgamated with Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1946. For information relating to the Hospital after 1948 see Moorfields Eye Hospital (H47/MR).
ACC/3771 and B97/080
Records of the Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospital, 1869-1956, including minutes of the Ladies Committee, Management Committee and Medical Committee; administrative papers relating to engineering and building; financial records; press cuttings and histories of High Holborn.
These records are arranged according to a classification scheme for hospital records: General Hospital Administration (A), Patients' Administration (B), Finance Office (D), Endowments (E), Related Documentation (Y) and Prints and Photographs (PH).
These records are open to public inspection, although under section 5(4) of the 1958 Public Records Act administrative records are closed for 30 years and patient records for 100 years.
Copyright Depositor
English
Fit
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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. February 2009 Medical institutions History Personal history Medical history Health services Hospitals Hospital administration Medical sciences Ophthalmology Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospital x Moorfields Eye Hospital Camden London England UK Western Europe Holborn Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
ACC/3771 and B97/080
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Scope and content
Records of the Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospital, 1869-1956, including minutes of the Ladies Committee, Management Committee and Medical Committee; administrative papers relating to engineering and building; financial records; press cuttings and histories of High Holborn.
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System of arrangement
These records are arranged according to a classification scheme for hospital records: General Hospital Administration (A), Patients' Administration (B), Finance Office (D), Endowments (E), Related Documentation (Y) and Prints and Photographs (PH).
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Conditions governing access
These records are open to public inspection, although under section 5(4) of the 1958 Public Records Act administrative records are closed for 30 years and patient records for 100 years.
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Copyright Depositor
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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