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Hospital

The London Hospital (St Clement's)

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
City of London Union Workhouse (1849? - 1877)
City of London Union Infirmary (1877 - 1913)
City of London Union Institution (1913 - 1913)
City of London Union, Bow Institution (1914 - 1936)
St Clement's Hospital (1936 - 1968)
Address
2a Bow Road, London, E3 4LL
Current Trust
Tower Hamlets Healthcare NHS Trust (since 1995)
Foundation Year
1852
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Bow Group
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
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PLI: 1849 - 1930 City of London Board of Guardians. LA 1930 - 1948 London County Council.
Post-1948
NHS, Trust

Type

Pre-1948
General, Mental
Pre-1948 information
MNT: c.1929 - 1948 Mental observation ward.
Post-1948
Geriatric, Mental, Other
Post-1948 information
MNT: 1959 - ? Psycho-Geriatric; Drug Addiction

Other information

At one point part of the London Hospital Group, but as of 2001 part of Tower Hamlets Healthcare NHS Trust, and unlike Mile End Hospital, not apparently under both.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1857 - 1944
    General
    1857 - 1944
    Admission
    1874 - 1932

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    AR: CAT:
    AR: See also City of London, and Southwark, Boards of Guardians, C.B.G. and So.B.G. respectively, London County Council Central Public Health Committee 1929 - 1934, Hospitals and Medical Services Committee 1934 - 1948, London County Council Public Health, General and Special Hospitals Commitee LCC/PH/HOSP/3.
  • Royal London Hospital Archives Centre and Museum

    Record types

    Administrative
    1891 - 1974
    General
    1891 - 1974
    Admission
    1895 - 1939
    Clinical
    1919 - 1930
    Pictorial
    1970 - 1974

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), Local Record Office (LRO), National Register of Archives (NRA), Wellcome Library (WIHM), Other
    Details
    LRO: CAT: London Metropolitan Archives.
    OTHER: CAT: Tower Hamlets Library, City and Hackney Health Authority Archives.