IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): H23/CE
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CATERHAM EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
Date(s): 1940-1944
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1.5 linear feet
Name of creator(s): Caterham Emergency Hospital
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Caterham Asylum was opened on 9 October 1870. After 1930 Caterham Asylum, known as Caterham Mental Hospital since 1920, was run by the London County Council. In 1941 it was renamed Saint Lawrence's Hospital. In 1948 Saint Lawrence's Hospital was taken over by the South West Metropolitan Regional Board who administered the hospital until 1974. Under NHS reorganisation the hospital was administered by the South West Thames Regional Health Authority. Between 1974 and 1982 it was in the Croydon Area Health Authority; in 1982 it became part of the Croydon District Health Authority. In April 1991 Saint Lawrence's Hospital became part of Lifecare NHS Trust.
During the Second World War 448 beds were set aside at Saint Lawrence's Hospital for use by the Emergency Medical Service, as Caterham Emergency Hospital. These were used for the treatment of both military and civilian casualties. Use of the beds returned to Saint Lawrence's in 1944.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Caterham Emergency Hospital, 1940-1944, consisting of admission and discharge registers, registers of deaths and casualty registers for patients treated at the hospital.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
In sections according to catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
These records are open to public inspection, although under section 5(4) of the 1958 Public Records Act administrative records are closed for 30 years and patient records for 100 years.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: Depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
ACC/2332
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The records of Saint Lawrence's Hospital can be found at H23/SL.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: February 2009