Collection H17 - SAINT MARY ABBOT'S AND THE METROPOLITAN EAR, NOSE AND THROAT HOSPITALS

14.35 linear metres

H17 1872-1993 Collection 14.35 linear metres Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital x Institution for Curing Diseases of the Ear xx Metropolitan Ear Institution

Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital , 1948-1992 x Kensington Workhouse xx Kensington Institution , 1912-1933 x Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital (Institution) , 1933-1938 x Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital (2) , 1938-1944

Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital , 1948-1992 x Kensington Infirmary , 1848-1923 x Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital , 1923-1938 x Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital (1) , 1938-1948

Kensington Infirmary and Kensington Workhouse were administered by the Kensington Board of Guardians until 1930. Kensington Workhouse became known as Kensington Institution in 1912 and Kensington Infirmary became St Mary Abbot's Hospital in 1923. In 1930 when the London County Council took over the two hospitals, St Mary Abbot's Hospital was designated a type A hospital for the acute sick, and Kensington Institution became a type B hospital for the chronic sick. In 1931 on the retirement of the Master of Kensington Institution, the hospital was placed under the charge of a Medical Superintendent as a first stage in integrating the two hospitals. This was carried a step further in 1933 when the Institution was renamed St Mary Abbot's Hospital (Institution).

From 1938 St Mary Abbot's Hospital became St Mary Abbot's Hospital (I) and St Mary Abbot's Hospital (Institution) became St Mary Abbot's Hospital (II), until 17 June 1944 when Hospital (II) was closed due to enemy action. The two hospitals were eventually united formally in 1948 when they were taken in to the National Health Service.

In 1838, the surgeon James Yearsley founded the Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, in Sackville Street, W1. It was the first hospital to specialise in diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat. The hospital was transferred to Saint Mary Abbots Hospital in 1953, where it retained its identity as a specialist hospital until 1985 when it was removed from the control of Saint Mary Abbots and became part of the Ear, Nose and Throat Department of the new Charing Cross Hospital.

Received in multiple accessions between 1985 and 1994 (ACC/2145, ACC/2477, ACC/2742, ACC/3219, ACC/3439).

Records of the Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, 1875-1966, and Saint Mary Abbots Hospital, 1872-1993. Papers include committee minutes, reports, patient registers, correspondence, inventories, staff records and histories.

H17/ENT: Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital and H17/SMA: Saint Mary Abbots 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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Images of Saint Mary Abbots Hospital, 1918-1989, can be found at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Archives, Fulham Road, London.

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 Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital , 1948-1992 x Kensington Infirmary , 1848-1923 x Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital , 1923-1938 x Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital (1) , 1938-1948 Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital , 1948-1992 x Kensington Workhouse x Kensington Institution , 1912-1933 x Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital (Institution) , 1933-1938 x Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital (2) , 1938-1944 Medical institutions Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital x Institution for Curing Diseases of the Ear x Metropolitan Ear Institution Health services Hospitals Hospital administration People People by roles Hospital patients City of Westminster London England UK Western Europe Westminster Kensington Kensington and Chelsea Europe

Received in multiple accessions between 1985 and 1994 (ACC/2145, ACC/2477, ACC/2742, ACC/3219, ACC/3439).

Records of the Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, 1875-1966, and Saint Mary Abbots Hospital, 1872-1993. Papers include committee minutes, reports, patient registers, correspondence, inventories, staff records and histories.

H17/ENT: Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital and H17/SMA: Saint Mary Abbots 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

• English

• Latin

English

Images of Saint Mary Abbots Hospital, 1918-1989, can be found at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Archives, Fulham Road, London.

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.

• English