IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0387 SG
Held at: Royal London Hospital
Title: Stepney (No 7) Group Hospital Management Committee
Date(s): 1948-1968
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 5 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Stepney (No 7) Group Hospital Management Committee
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Stepney (No 7) Group Hospital Management Committee was established by the North East Metropolitan Hospitals Board on the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948. The Group consisted of the East End Maternity, London Jewish, Mile End and St George in the East Hospitals, and several clinics. St George in the East was closed in 1956. The Committee was dissolved in 1966 on the formation of the East London Group Hospital Management Committee.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Stepney (No 7) Group Hospital Management Committee, 1948-1968, comprising minutes of the Management Committee, 1948-1964; Establishment Committee, 1948-1962; Works Committee, 1949-1961; Nursing Committee, 1955-1962; Secretary's files, 1958-1968, relating to staff, supplies, accident and emergency services, chronic sick and geriatric services, London Jewish Hospital, Mile End Hospital, notably closure of Bancroft Road, maternity services, development.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.
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.
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
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the Public Records Office in 1985.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
Records of the Eastern Group Hospital Management Committee, 1951-1978 (reference: EC), held by the Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: June 2001