Collection H19 - SAINT LEONARD'S AND SAINT MATTHEW'S HOSPITALS

3.53 linear metres

H19 1879-1986 Collection 3.53 linear metres St Leonard's Hospital x St Leonard Shoreditch Workhouse Infirmary , 1777 - 1872 x Shoreditch Infirmary , 1872 -1920

Shoreditch Workhouse and Shoreditch Infirmary (later Saint Leonard's Hospital I) occupied adjoining parts of the same site which stretched from Hoxton Street in the west to Kingsland Road in the east. When the functions of the Boards of Guardians were transferred to the London County Council in 1930, Saint Leonard's Hospital had certified accommodation for 556 patients, while the workhouse (by then known as Saint Leonard's House) had certified accommodation for 424. On 1 April 1938 the L.C.C. completed its policy of removing its hospitals entirely from the ambit of the Poor Law by the appropriation of the remaining six institutions which accommodated chronic sick patients and which were within the curtilages of general hospitals. These included Saint Leonard's Institution which was renamed Saint Leonard's Hospital II to distinguish it from the neighbouring general hospital of the same name, which was to be known as Saint Leonard's Hospital I. By 1948, when Saint Leonard's Hospital became part of the National Health Service as one of the Central Group of hospitals, the two hospitals were being managed as one general hospital, much reduced in size.

Saint Matthew's Hospital was built in 1873 as City Road Workhouse by Holborn Board of Guardians on the site of Saint Luke's Workhouse. By 1930 when it was taken over by the London County Council, it had become known as Holborn and Finsbury Institution. The London County Council decided to use it as a hospital for the care of the chronic sick and renamed it Saint Matthew's Hospital in 1936. In 1948 Saint Matthew's Hospital became part of the National Health Service as one of the Central Group of Hospitals of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. In 1974 Saint Matthew's Hospital became part of Tower Hamlets Health District (Teaching) of the City and East London Area Heath Authority. The hospital closed in 1986.

Received in multiple accessions between 1986 and 1992 (ACC/2299, ACC/2649, ACC/3105).

Records of Saint Leonard's Hospital, 1884-1940 and Saint Matthew's Hospital, 1879-1986. Papers include patient registers, minutes, reports, inventories, plans and staff records.

H19/SL: Saint Leonard's Hospital and H19/SM: Saint Matthew's Hospital.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

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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. February 2009 St Matthew's Hospital x Holborn and Finsbury Workhouse , 1870-1916 x Holborn and Finsbury Institution , 1916-1936 St Leonard's Hospital x St Leonard Shoreditch Workhouse Infirmary , 1777-1872 x Shoreditch Infirmary , 1872-1920 Personal history History Medical institutions Medical history Health services Hospitals Hospital administration People People by roles Hospital patients Hackney London England UK Western Europe Shoreditch Europe

Received in multiple accessions between 1986 and 1992 (ACC/2299, ACC/2649, ACC/3105).

Records of Saint Leonard's Hospital, 1884-1940 and Saint Matthew's Hospital, 1879-1986. Papers include patient registers, minutes, reports, inventories, plans and staff records.

H19/SL: Saint Leonard's Hospital and H19/SM: Saint Matthew's Hospital.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright: Depositor

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English

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.

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