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- 1900-1941 (Creation)
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0.28 linear metres
Context area
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Biographical history
A workhouse for St Luke's Parish, Chelsea, was first constructed in 1737. An infirmary was added in 1872. In 1930 the workhouse was taken over by the London County Council, while in 1948 it became part of the new National Health Service (NHS) as Saint Luke's Hospital, Chelsea. It was managed by the South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the Chelsea and Kensington Hospital Management Committee. Saint Luke's was closed in 1974.
Source of information: Peter Higginbotham at The Workhouse website.
Repository
Archival history
H58/SL 1900-1941 Collection 0.28 linear metres Saint Luke's Hospital , Chelsea x Saint Luke's Workhouse
A workhouse for St Luke's Parish, Chelsea, was first constructed in 1737. An infirmary was added in 1872. In 1930 the workhouse was taken over by the London County Council, while in 1948 it became part of the new National Health Service (NHS) as Saint Luke's Hospital, Chelsea. It was managed by the South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the Chelsea and Kensington Hospital Management Committee. Saint Luke's was closed in 1974.
Source of information: Peter Higginbotham at The Workhouse website.
B02/050, B08/083
Records of Saint Luke's Hospital, Chelsea, comprising registers of probationer nurses and certificates, rosettes and medals from the London Garden Society Awards.
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
See also Chelsea Board of Guardians Ch.B.G., 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.
For further information regarding the Saint Luke's Workhouse please see website The Workhouse at http://www.workhouses.org.uk.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
B02/050, B08/083
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Saint Luke's Hospital, Chelsea, comprising registers of probationer nurses and certificates, rosettes and medals from the London Garden Society Awards.
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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.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright: Depositor
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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See also Chelsea Board of Guardians Ch.B.G., 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.
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