Sous-fonds H01/ST/TH - SAINT THOMAS' HOSPITAL: SAINT THOMAS' HOME

0.38 linear metres

H01/ST/TH 1879-1950 subfonds 0.38 linear metres Saint Thomas' Home , Saint Thomas' Hospital

Saint Thomas' Home is the part of Saint Thomas' Hospital which provides for private paying patients. The principle of accepting paying patients was accepted by the Governors in November 1878 after much controversy, as it was thought to be an infringement of the charter of 1551 which had constituted the Hospital as a house of the poor. However, more income was needed if the poor were to be properly served and the Hospital to be made financially secure.

Two wards named 'Adelaide' and 'Alice' were opened as Saint Thomas' Home in March 1881. The charges were 8 shillings a day in a general ward and 12 shillings a day in a private room. The Home proved a success, especially with patients who did not have homes of their own at which they could be nursed - for example, clerks living in lodgings, visitors in London, or colonists returned to England for medical care.

On the completion of Gassiot House in 1906 the Home moved into the bottom two floors. It was closed to patients on the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, and the space was used to house members of the administrative and medical staff. It reopened in 1950 in Gassiot House, and in 1966 moved to Simon Ward in the East Wing of the new hospital buildings.

Records received from the Hospital Archivist.

Records of Saint Thomas' Home, Saint Thomas' Hospital, including correspondence, 1915-1940; report regarding the conduct of Saint Thomas' House, 1908; prospectuses, [1906] and 1950; register of patients, 1939 and financial accounts, 1918-1939.

In sections according to catalogue.

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 Thomas' Hospital , London x Infirmary of the Augustinian Priory of St Mary Overy , 1106-1215 x 5th London (City of London) General Hospital , 1915-1919 Personal history History Medical institutions Saint Thomas' Home , Saint Thomas' Hospital Medical history Health services Hospitals Hospital administration People People by roles Hospital patients Lambeth London England UK Western Europe Hertfordshire Europe

Records received from the Hospital Archivist.

Records of Saint Thomas' Home, Saint Thomas' Hospital, including correspondence, 1915-1940; report regarding the conduct of Saint Thomas' House, 1908; prospectuses, [1906] and 1950; register of patients, 1939 and financial accounts, 1918-1939.

In sections according to catalogue.

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.

• anglais