Subfonds H47/RW - ROYAL WESTMINSTER OPTHALMIC HOSPITAL

Identity area

Reference code

H47/RW

Title

ROYAL WESTMINSTER OPTHALMIC HOSPITAL

Date(s)

  • 1869-1956 (Creation)

Level of description

Subfonds

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).

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

Content and structure area

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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Accruals

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).

Conditions of access and use area

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.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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