Catalogue description St. Charles' Hospital (Formerly St. Marylebone Infirmary)

This record is held by London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

Details of H28/SC
Reference: H28/SC
Title: St. Charles' Hospital (Formerly St. Marylebone Infirmary)
Description:

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS

 

For the administration of the hospital 1881-1930 see the records of St. Marylebone Board of Guardians (ref. St. M.BG). For the period 1930-1948 see the minutes of the L.C.C. Central Public Health Committee and its St. Charles' Hospital Sub-Committee (ref. LCC/MIN/2612-2615).

 

For a plan and survey of the hospital buildings prepared by the L.C.C. Architect in 1929 see LCC/AR/CB/3/1. For reports on the hospital by King's Fund Visitors 1949-1965 see A/KE/735/41/1-2 and A/KE/738/46.

 

PATIENTS' RECORDS

 

For admission and discharge registers 1891-1943 see St. M.BG/176/1-42 and St. M.BG/177/1-15. For registers of deaths 1884-1934 see St. M.BG/178/1-3.

 

CHAPLAIN'S RECORDS

 

Registers of baptisms 1889-1983 transferred to the Greater London Record Office on 7 April 1989 have been catalogued as P84/SCH/1-3.

STAFF RECORDS: Matron's report books 1887 - 1936; Nurses' report books 1905 - 1925; Salaries and gratuities books 1884 - 1911; Probationers' later student nurses record books 1919 - 1950. PHOTOGRAPHS: Group photographs of nurses 1901 - 1906; Photographs of School of Nursing and Nurses Home [c. 1966] - 1970. MISCELLANEOUS: St. Marylebone and Western General Dispensary reports 1929 - 1947; Historical notes.
Held by: London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

St Marylebone Infirmary, 1881-1930

St Charles' Hospital, 1930-
Immediate source of acquisition:

Records of St. Charles' Hospital, Exmoor Street, London W10 6DZ, transferred to the Greater London Record Office, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB, by the In Patient Services Manager, 17 July 1989 (Acc 2722) and 14 August 1989 (Acc 2737)

Publication note:

For further information concerning the history of the hospital see A.R. Neate The St. Marylebone Workhouse and Institution 1730-1965 St. Marylebone Society 1967, B. Curle St. Charles Hospital 1881-1981; a Century of Service and The Survey of London Vol. XXXVII Northern Kensington, pp. 330-331
Subjects:
  • Kensington, London
  • Health services
Administrative / biographical background:

St. Charles' Hospital was built as St. Marylebone Infirmary situated in the Ladbroke Grove area of North Kensington. The hospital was opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1881. Its name was changed to St. Charles' Hospital when it was transferred from St. Marylebone Board of Guardians to the London County Council in 1930. In 1948 it became part of the National Health Service and came under the control of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the Paddington Group Hospital Management Committee. It now forms part of the Paddington and North Kensington District Health Authority.
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