IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0387 PH
Held at: Royal London Hospital
Title: Poplar Hospital
Date(s): 1858-1974
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 5 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Poplar Hospital
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Poplar Hospital was founded in 1855 to provide for the many accidental injuries occurring in the Docks, and was officially called the Poplar Hospital for Accidents. Many of those prominent in the foundation, such as Samuel Gurney and Money Wigram, were actively connected with the London Hospital and, in 1854, it was suggested that the proposed hospital should be attached to the London. This suggestion was again revived in 1868 but to no effect. Sydney Holland, later 2nd Viscount Knutsford, became Chairman of the Hospital in 1891 and President in 1920. The Hospital was rebuilt between 1891 and 1894, and women's wards were provided for the first time. With the advent of the National Health Service in 1948, the Hospital became part of the Bow Group of Hospitals within the North East Metropolitan Board. In 1963 the Group was amalgamated with another to form the Thames Group. Poplar Hospital closed in 1974.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Poplar Hospital, 1858-1974, comprising minutes of the House, General and Executive Committees and annual general meetings, 1858-1862, 1886-1907, 1915-1941; annual reports, 1865-1944; House Governor's report books, 1941-1948; minutes of the Medical Council, 1945-1964; agreements for supplying waste sacks, 1933, building new Out-Patients' Department, 1934, sale of site of Poplar Hospital Convalescent Home, 1946-1947; article The Fight to Save Poplar Hospital, 1974; plan of South front of the Hospital, 1926; plans of 25-29 Athol Street, Poplar, 1926.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records are arranged as follows: administrative records; deeds; records from unofficial sources; surveyors' records.
Conditions governing access:
Researchers wishing to consult the archives should first contact the Trust Archivist, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, for an appointment.
All records containing details of treatment of identified patients are confidential and access to them may be restricted, subject to access arrangements under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000 and the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A list is available at the Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received from a private donator in 1984.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
Some records of the Hospital, including photographs, are held at St Andrew's Hospital. Records relating to the Hospital, 1898-1947, are held by London Metropolitan Archives
Publication note:
In Black and White Sydney Holland (Edward Arnold, 1927);
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Wellcome Library and the Public Record Office HOSPREC: On-Line Hospital Records Database. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: June 2001