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Hospital

St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin

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Important information

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Details

Address
Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BJ
Previous Locations
12, Church Street, Leicester Square (1863 - 1865)
45, Leicester Square (1865 - 1887)
49, Leicester Square (1887 - 1935)
Markham Square, Chelsea (Inpatients) (1883 - 1886)
262, Uxbridge Road, Hammersmith (Inpatients) (1895 - 1940)
Homerton Grove, London E9 (Inpatients) (1952 - 1987)
Foundation Year
1863
Status
Closed (since 1990)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Postgraduate Teaching
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
South East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
District Authority (Post-1982)
West Lambeth
Pre-1974 County
Middlesex/London
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Pre-1948 information
VOL: 1863 - 1948.
Post-1948
NHS, Other

Type

Pre-1948
Other
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: Diseases of the skin.
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Diseases of the skin.

Other information

In 1987 the hospital was in the process of transferring to St Thomas's Hospital. The in-patient department, previously at Homerton Grove, had already closed in September 1986 and moved to St Thomas's Hospital. Associated Institution - Institute of Dermatology.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1875 - 1977
    General
    1876 - 1977
    Finance
    1948 - 1976
    Other
    1888 - 1952

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    At Repository: CAT:H15/SJ See also COS Enquiry Department A/FWA/C/D17, and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London A/KE/258/2, A/KE/532/1
    Brief Guide: Hospital and Charity Annual Reports.
    Annual Reports 1899 - 1947 SC/PPS/093/66,85

  • St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin

    Record types

    Administrative
    1897 - 1976
    General
    1904 - 1975
    Finance
    1948 - 1976
    Nursing
    1952 - 1965
    Staff
    1949 - 1950
    Pictorial
    1950 - 1950
    Other
    1897 - 1945

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Hospital now closed - present whereabouts of records currently not known - possibly at London Metropolitan Archives

  • Wellcome Library

    Record types

    Clinical
    1877 - 1891

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    case notes by James Startin, 1877-80 MS 6026; Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake, notes on Dr Dockrell's Clinical Demonstrations on skin diseases, 1890-1 MS 908