Graphical version

King's College London College Archives

Cholera and choleraic diarrhoea casebook of St Thomas's Hospital


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 TH/CLR 2

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: Cholera and choleraic diarrhoea casebook of St Thomas's Hospital

Date(s): 1853-1854

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Unidentified

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Cholera was endemic in London during the nineteenth century, and epidemics were a regular feature of life. An epidemic broke out in London in 1853, where a total of 10,675 people died of the disease. There was another outbreak of the disease in 1854, with the worst hit areas being Southwark, Lambeth and Soho.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Casebook of St Thomas's Hospital, 1854, recording details of 149 cases of cholera and choleraic diarrhoea admitted to the hospital, by an unidentified compiler, including printed instructions on hygiene practices from the Royal College of Physicians, 1853.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 volume

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School (1491-1900) D T Bird (London, 1984)Ref Code M120
Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: May 2002. Revised Jun 2004


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Cholera | Diseases | Pathology
Hospitals | Health services
Patients | Health services
Infectious diseases
Medical institutions
Social sciences
Social welfare

Personal names

Corporate names
Royal College of Physicians
St Thomas' Hospital | London

Places
Southwark | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe