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Hospital

Royal London Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
The London Infirmary (c.1740 - 1748)
The London Hospital (c.1748 - 1968) The London Hospital (Whitechapel) (1968-?)
Address
Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1BB
Previous Locations
Featherstone Street (1740 - 1741)
Prescot Street (1741 - 1757)
Current Trust
Tower Hamlets Healthcare NHS Trust (since 1995)
Foundation Year
1740
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
London
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
Tower Hamlets (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Tower Hamlets
Pre-1974 County
Middlesex/London
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Greater London

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

Became part of the London Hospital in 1968.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1897 - 1947
    General
    1897 - 1947

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Brief Guide: Hospital and Charity Annual Report.
    Annual Reports - Annual report collection SC/PPS/093/31,83

  • Royal London Hospital Archives Centre and Museum

    Record types

    Administrative
    1740 - 1991
    General
    1740 - 1986
    Finance
    1740 - 1986
    Estates
    1740 - 1986
    Nursing
    1880 - 1986
    Staff
    1880 - 1940
    Admission
    1760 - 1946
    Clinical
    1893 - 1986
    Ephemera
    1740 - 1986
    Pictorial
    1880 - 1986

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue, Card index
    Location
    At Repository (AR), Local Record Office (LRO), National Register of Archives (NRA), Other
    Details
    AR: CAT: LH.
    LRO: CAT: London Metropolitan Archives.
    OTHER: CAT: Tower Hamlets Library, and City and Hackney Health Authority Archives, St Bartholomew's Hospital.

  • Wellcome Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1915 - 1965
    Clinical
    1915 - 1965

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    In Donald Hunter papers PP/HUN; case material of his (arranged by condition), plus material on hospital history, photos, etc