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Hospital

Royal Brompton Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital; Royal Brompton National Heart Hospital
Brompton Hospital
Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest (1842 - 1846) and incorporating the Brompton Sanatorium at Frimley
Address
Fulham Road, London, SW3 6HP
Previous Locations
Chelsea (1842 - 1846)
Sanatorium at Frimley
Current Trust
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust (since 1994)
Foundation Year
1842 (approximately)
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
National Heart and Chest
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Postgraduate Teaching
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Special
District Authority (1974-1982)
National Heart and Chest
District Authority (Post-1982)
National Heart and Chest (Postgraduate Teaching)
Pre-1974 County
London
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Greater London

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Tuberculosis
Pre-1948 information
TB: Tuberculosis and chest.
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Cardio-thoracic.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

    Record types

    Administrative
    1877 - 1972
    General
    1924 - 1972
    Nursing
    1941 - 1954
    Admission
    1878 - 1881
    Clinical
    1905 - 1912
    Pictorial
    1905 - 1913
    Other
    1877 - 1877

    Finding aids

    Details
    AIM25 - summary entry, papers unsorted
    Papers relating to Frederick Rufenacht Walters; catalogue of pathological specimens at Brompton Hospital, 1877
  • 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 Reports.
    Annual Reports - Annual Report Collection SC/PPS/093/13,83
  • Royal London Hospital Archives Centre and Museum

    Record types

    Administrative
    1841 - 1994
    General
    1846 - 1994
    Finance
    1854 - 1960
    Estates
    1841 - 1968
    Staff
    1887 - 1951
    Admission
    1885 - 1933
    Clinical
    1862 - 1964
    Pictorial
    1868 - 1967

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Records still being catalogued
  • Surrey History Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1940 - 1969
    General
    1940 - 1969

    Finding aids

    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Correspondence of the Medical Superintendants of the Bromley Sanatorium at Frimley