Collection HL/U/HIL - UXBRIDGE GROUP HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: HILLINGDON HOSPITAL

Identity area

Reference code

HL/U/HIL

Title

UXBRIDGE GROUP HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: HILLINGDON HOSPITAL

Date(s)

  • 1930-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

4.66 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Uxbridge workhouse was first constructed in 1744. It was taken over by the Middlesex County Council in 1930 and redeveloped as Hillingdon County Hospital and Infirmary.

On the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948 the administration of the Hospital passed to the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the Uxbridge Group Regional Hospital Board. The Hospital was significantly reconstructed in 1963.

Source of information: Peter Higginbotham at The Workhouse Website.

Archival history

HL/U/HIL 1930-1963 Collection 4.66 linear metres Hillingdon Hospital x Hillingdon County Hospital and Infirmary

The Uxbridge workhouse was first constructed in 1744. It was taken over by the Middlesex County Council in 1930 and redeveloped as Hillingdon County Hospital and Infirmary.

On the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948 the administration of the Hospital passed to the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the Uxbridge Group Regional Hospital Board. The Hospital was significantly reconstructed in 1963.

Source of information: Peter Higginbotham at The Workhouse Website.

B03/013

Records of Hillingdon Hospital, 1930-1963, including male and female admission registers, military admission and discharge registers, death registers and casualty registers; annual reports of the Medical Superintendent and Medical Director; reports relating to staff grading; papers relating to costs and maintenance; architectural plans and circular from the Ministry of Health regarding regional hospital areas.

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

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

See also Uxbridge Board of Guardians BG/U, Middlesex County Council Public Health Committee, Southern Hospitals and Institutions Sub-committee 1930 - 1938, and Western Hospitals and Institutions Sub-committee.

For further information regarding Uxbridge Workshouse please see The Workhouse website at http://www.workhouses.org.uk

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 Hospital staff Architecture Hospital architecture Medical institutions Health services Hospitals Hospital administration People by roles Hospital patients People People by occupation Personnel Medical personnel Medical profession Hillingdon Hospital x Hillingdon County Hospital and Infirmary Hillingdon (district) Hillingdon London England UK Western Europe Medical sciences Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

B03/013

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Hillingdon Hospital, 1930-1963, including male and female admission registers, military admission and discharge registers, death registers and casualty registers; annual reports of the Medical Superintendent and Medical Director; reports relating to staff grading; papers relating to costs and maintenance; architectural plans and circular from the Ministry of Health regarding regional hospital areas.

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

See also Uxbridge Board of Guardians BG/U, Middlesex County Council Public Health Committee, Southern Hospitals and Institutions Sub-committee 1930 - 1938, and Western Hospitals and Institutions Sub-committee.

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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