Subfonds H46/SJ - SAINT JAMES HOSPITAL

Identity area

Reference code

H46/SJ

Title

SAINT JAMES HOSPITAL

Date(s)

  • 1939-1988 (Creation)

Level of description

Subfonds

Extent and medium

8.76 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Saint James' Infirmary was established on Sarsfield Road, Balham in 1909, it was associated with the workhouse on an adjoining site and was administered by Wandsworth Board of Guardians. In 1922 the Infirmary was renamed Saint James Hospital and moved to Ouseley Road, Balham. In 1930 the management of the hospital was passed to the London County Council. In the 1948 the hospital became part of the National Health Service. In was within the administration of the South West Regional Hospital Board and Wandsworth Hospital Management Committee. After NHS reorganisation in 1974 the hospital became part of the South West Thames Regional Health Authority and Wandsworth and East Merton District Health Authority. The hospital closed in the late 1980's and its services were transferred to Saint George's Hospital, Tooting.

Archival history

H46/SJ 1939-1988 subfonds 8.76 linear metres Saint James Hospital x Saint James' Workhouse Infirmary

Saint James' Infirmary was established on Sarsfield Road, Balham in 1909, it was associated with the workhouse on an adjoining site and was administered by Wandsworth Board of Guardians. In 1922 the Infirmary was renamed Saint James Hospital and moved to Ouseley Road, Balham. In 1930 the management of the hospital was passed to the London County Council. In the 1948 the hospital became part of the National Health Service. In was within the administration of the South West Regional Hospital Board and Wandsworth Hospital Management Committee. After NHS reorganisation in 1974 the hospital became part of the South West Thames Regional Health Authority and Wandsworth and East Merton District Health Authority. The hospital closed in the late 1980's and its services were transferred to Saint George's Hospital, Tooting.

Deposited in 1996.

Records of Saint James' Hospital including Medical Staff Committee minutes, Intensive Care Unit papers, Accident and Emergency Department papers, registers of deaths, operations registers, complaints proceedings, registers of baptisms, casualty registers, and book of remembrance.

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 is held by the depositor.
English

Fit

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

See also Lewisham Board of Guardians LEBG, Wandsworth Board of Guardians WABG, London County Council Central Public Health Committee 1929 - 1934, Hospitals and Medical Services committee 1934 - 1948, London County Council Public Health, General and Special Hospitals Committee PH/HOSP/3, ACC/3759 (Minutes and Papers).

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 1996.

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Scope and content

Records of Saint James' Hospital including Medical Staff Committee minutes, Intensive Care Unit papers, Accident and Emergency Department papers, registers of deaths, operations registers, complaints proceedings, registers of baptisms, casualty registers, and book of remembrance.

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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).

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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.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright is held by the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also Lewisham Board of Guardians LEBG, Wandsworth Board of Guardians WABG, London County Council Central Public Health Committee 1929 - 1934, Hospitals and Medical Services committee 1934 - 1948, London County Council Public Health, General and Special Hospitals Committee PH/HOSP/3, ACC/3759 (Minutes and Papers).

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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