Collection HL/SW/EAL - SOUTH WEST MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, EALING

Identity area

Reference code

HL/SW/EAL

Title

SOUTH WEST MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, EALING

Date(s)

  • 1887-1936 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.33 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Ealing Provident Dispensary was established in 1869 at Minton Lodge on Mattock Lane, Ealing W13. In 1817 it was renamed Ealing Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispensary. In 1911 after the death of King Edward VII it was again renamed as the King Edward Memorial Hospital and Provident Dispensary. In 1933 it dropped the words Provident Dispensary to become the King Edward Memorial Hospital. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and came under the administration of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the South West Middlesex Hospital Management Committee. In 1974 with NHS reorganisation it became part of the North West Thames Regional Health Authority and Ealing District Health Authority. The hospital was closed in 1979.

Archival history

HL/SW/EAL 1887-1936 Collection 0.33 linear metres King Edward Memorial Hospital x Ealing Provident Dispensary x Ealing Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispensary x King Edward Memorial Hospital and Provident Dispensary

The Ealing Provident Dispensary was established in 1869 at Minton Lodge on Mattock Lane, Ealing W13. In 1817 it was renamed Ealing Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispensary. In 1911 after the death of King Edward VII it was again renamed as the King Edward Memorial Hospital and Provident Dispensary. In 1933 it dropped the words Provident Dispensary to become the King Edward Memorial Hospital. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and came under the administration of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the South West Middlesex Hospital Management Committee. In 1974 with NHS reorganisation it became part of the North West Thames Regional Health Authority and Ealing District Health Authority. The hospital was closed in 1979.

1965/45

Records of the King Edward Memorial Hospital, Ealing, comprising deed of foundation of Ealing Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispensary, 1887 and deed poll (supplemental) to foundation deed, 1936.

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: City of London
English

Fit

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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. January 2009 Information sources Hospitals King Edward Memorial Hospital x Ealing Provident Dispensary x Ealing Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispensary x King Edward Memorial Hospital and Provident Dispensary Documents Deeds Health services Medical institutions Ealing (district) Ealing Middlesex London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

1965/45

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the King Edward Memorial Hospital, Ealing, comprising deed of foundation of Ealing Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispensary, 1887 and deed poll (supplemental) to foundation deed, 1936.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

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).

Conditions of access and use area

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: City of London

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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