Royal College of Physicians

Westminster General Dispensary

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0113 MS-WESTG

Held at: Royal College of Physicians

Title: Westminster General Dispensary

Date(s): 1774-1936

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 11 vols

Name of creator(s): Westminster General Dispensary

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Westminster General Dispensary, Gerrard street, was instituted in 1774. It treated medical and surgical cases and also had a lying-in department. It closed in 1961.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minutes of general meetings of governors of the Westminster General Dispensary, instituted 6 June 1774.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

Conditions governing reproduction:

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

Finding aids:

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by the Westminster General Dispensary, on its closure in July 1961.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Administrative history was found using a Google search.

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: Aug 2008

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Dispensaries | Health services
Hospital administration | Hospitals | Health services
Medical institutions

Personal names

Corporate names
Westminster General Dispensary

Places