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- 1884-1970 (Creation)
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1.28 linear metres
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Biographical history
Saint Charles' Hospital was built as Saint Marylebone Infirmary situated in the Ladbroke Grove area of North Kensington. The Prince and Princess of Wales opened the hospital in 1881. Its name was changed to Saint Charles' Hospital when it was transferred from Saint Marylebone Board of Guardians to the London County Council in 1930. In 1948 it became part of the National Health Service and came under the control of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the Paddington Group Hospital Management Committee. From 1982 it formed part of the Paddington and North Kensington District Health Authority. In 1992 it became part of Parkside NHS Trust.
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H28/SC 1884-1970 Collection 1.28 linear metres Saint Charles' Hospital , 1930- x St Marylebone Infirmary , 1881 - 1923 x St Marylebone Hospital , 1923 - 1930
Saint Charles' Hospital was built as Saint Marylebone Infirmary situated in the Ladbroke Grove area of North Kensington. The Prince and Princess of Wales opened the hospital in 1881. Its name was changed to Saint Charles' Hospital when it was transferred from Saint Marylebone Board of Guardians to the London County Council in 1930. In 1948 it became part of the National Health Service and came under the control of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the Paddington Group Hospital Management Committee. From 1982 it formed part of the Paddington and North Kensington District Health Authority. In 1992 it became part of Parkside NHS Trust.
Acc/2722, Acc/2737
Records of Saint Charles' Hospital, including clinic records, 1951-1955; Matron's report books 1887-1936; Nurses' report books 1905-1925; Salaries and gratuities books 1884-1911; Probationers' later student nurses record books 1919-1950; group photographs of nurses 1901-1906; photographs of School of Nursing and Nurses Home [1966]-1970.
Also Saint Marylebone and Western General Dispensary reports, 1929-1947.
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.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For records relating to the administration of the hospital between 1881-1930 see the records of Saint Marylebone Board of Guardians (ref. St. M.BG). For the period 1930-1948 see the minutes of the L.C.C. Central Public Health Committee and its Saint Charles' Hospital Sub-Committee (ref. LCC/MIN/2612-2615). For a plan and survey of the hospital buildings prepared by the L.C.C. Architect in 1929 see LCC/AR/CB/3/1. For reports on the hospital by King's Fund Visitors 1949-1965 see A/KE/735/41/1-2 and A/KE/738/46. For admission and discharge registers 1891-1943 see St. M.BG/176/1-42 and St. M.BG/177/1-15. For registers of deaths 1884-1934 see St. M.BG/178/1-3. Registers of baptisms 1889-1983 have been catalogued as P84/SCH/1-3.
For further information concerning the history of the hospital see A.R. Neate The Saint Marylebone Workhouse and Institution 1730-1965, Saint Marylebone Society 1967, B. Curle Saint Charles Hospital 1881-1981; a Century of Service and The Survey of London Vol. XXXVI.
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 Paramedical personnel Nurses Saint Charles' Hospital , 1930- x St Marylebone Infirmary , 1881-1923 x St Marylebone Hospital , 1923-1930 Higher science education Medical education Nursing education Medical institutions History Personal history Medical history Health services Hospitals Hospital administration Saint Marylebone and Western General Dispensary Kensington London England UK Western Europe Kensington and Chelsea Hertfordshire Europe Medical personnel Personnel People by occupation People
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Acc/2722, Acc/2737
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Records of Saint Charles' Hospital, including clinic records, 1951-1955; Matron's report books 1887-1936; Nurses' report books 1905-1925; Salaries and gratuities books 1884-1911; Probationers' later student nurses record books 1919-1950; group photographs of nurses 1901-1906; photographs of School of Nursing and Nurses Home [1966]-1970.
Also Saint Marylebone and Western General Dispensary reports, 1929-1947.
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Accruals
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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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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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- English
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- Latin
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English
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For records relating to the administration of the hospital between 1881-1930 see the records of Saint Marylebone Board of Guardians (ref. St. M.BG). For the period 1930-1948 see the minutes of the L.C.C. Central Public Health Committee and its Saint Charles' Hospital Sub-Committee (ref. LCC/MIN/2612-2615). For a plan and survey of the hospital buildings prepared by the L.C.C. Architect in 1929 see LCC/AR/CB/3/1. For reports on the hospital by King's Fund Visitors 1949-1965 see A/KE/735/41/1-2 and A/KE/738/46. For admission and discharge registers 1891-1943 see St. M.BG/176/1-42 and St. M.BG/177/1-15. For registers of deaths 1884-1934 see St. M.BG/178/1-3. Registers of baptisms 1889-1983 have been catalogued as P84/SCH/1-3.
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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