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Hospital

Royal Eye Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
South London Ophthalmic Hospital (1857 - 1860)
Surrey Ophthalmic Hospital (1860 - 1863)
The Ophthalmic Hospital (1863 - 1869)
Royal South London Ophthalmic Hospital (1869 - 1892)
Address
St George's Circus, London, SE1 0BA
Foundation Year
1857
Status
Closed (since 1980)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
King's College
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
South East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
St Thomas' (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Surrey/London
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Other
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: Ophthalmic.
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Ophthalmic.

Other information

Associated with this hospital was the Royal Eye Hospital, Surbiton, Surrey (since 1941).

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1857 - 1980
    General
    1858 - 1968
    Finance
    1944 - 1947
    Staff
    1956 - 1963
    Admission
    1861 - 1972
    Clinical
    1893 - 1958
    Ephemera
    1857 - 1980
    Pictorial
    1930 - 1957
    Private Papers
    1875 - 1947

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    At Repository: CAT: H15/RE
    Hospital and Charity Annual Reports.
    Annual Reports 1898 - 1947 SC/PPS/093/55,84