Collection H55/WIN - WINIFRED HOUSE INVALID CHILDREN'S CONVALESCENT HOME, BARNET

Identity area

Reference code

H55/WIN

Title

WINIFRED HOUSE INVALID CHILDREN'S CONVALESCENT HOME, BARNET

Date(s)

  • 1886-1972 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.48 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Winifred House Invalid Children's Nursing Home was founded in 1890 at Wray Crescent, Tollington Park, London. It had 20 beds for invalid children recovering from disease after treatment in hospital or at home. It was originally known as Mrs Hampson's Memorial Home and moved to Barnet around 1937.

Archival history

H55/WIN 1886-1972 Collection 0.48 linear metres Winifred House Invalid Children's Nursing Home x Mrs Hampson's Memorial Home

Winifred House Invalid Children's Nursing Home was founded in 1890 at Wray Crescent, Tollington Park, London. It had 20 beds for invalid children recovering from disease after treatment in hospital or at home. It was originally known as Mrs Hampson's Memorial Home and moved to Barnet around 1937.

Material accessioned in 1999 (B99/121).

Records of Winifred House Invalid Children's Nursing Home comprising Admission and Discharge register, 1906-1923; records of nursing staff, 1939-1972 and financial records consisting of receipts and payments, weekly accounts, staff accounts, patient accounts and register of donors and subscribers, 1886-1958.

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: Depositor.
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. February 2009 Children Nurses Paramedical personnel Construction engineering History of medicine Building design Building standards Accommodation Housing Residential care homes Convalescent homes Medical institutions Child health services History Personal history Medical history Health services Hospitals Hospital administration Childhood Age groups Age distribution Winifred House Invalid Children's Nursing Home x Mrs Hampson's Memorial Home Tollington Park London England UK Western Europe Europe Hertfordshire Medical personnel Personnel People by occupation People Islington Barnet

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Material accessioned in 1999 (B99/121).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Winifred House Invalid Children's Nursing Home comprising Admission and Discharge register, 1906-1923; records of nursing staff, 1939-1972 and financial records consisting of receipts and payments, weekly accounts, staff accounts, patient accounts and register of donors and subscribers, 1886-1958.

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).

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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: Depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

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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