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- [1930s]-1956 (Creation)
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1 volume; 10 postcards
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St George in the East Hospital was erected in 1871 by the Board of Guardians, under the provisions of the Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867. A Nurse Training School was established in 1893. In 1930, when it passed to the London County Council, it had 406 beds.With the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948 the Hospital was transferred to the Stepney Group Hospital Management Committee. The Hospital was closed in September 1956.
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RLHGE [1930s]-1956 Collection (fonds) 1 volume; 10 postcards St George in the East Hospital
St George in the East Hospital was erected in 1871 by the Board of Guardians, under the provisions of the Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867. A Nurse Training School was established in 1893. In 1930, when it passed to the London County Council, it had 406 beds.With the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948 the Hospital was transferred to the Stepney Group Hospital Management Committee. The Hospital was closed in September 1956.
The minutes were transferred from the Public Record Office in 1985. The postcards were transferred from the Broadley Postcard Collection.
Minutes of the House Committee and photographic postcards.
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English
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Originally compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Updated by Clare Button, Archivist, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of 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. June 2001, updated April 2020. Administration Health services Hospitals Medical institutions Photographs Social sciences Social welfare St George in the East Hospital Visual materials Organisation and management
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The minutes were transferred from the Public Record Office in 1985. The postcards were transferred from the Broadley Postcard Collection.
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Minutes of the House Committee and photographic postcards.
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Open.
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Copying and digitisation services are available for unrestricted material. Researchers should contact the repository in the first instance.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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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