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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Deptford Hospital Asylum


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0009

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Deptford Hospital Asylum

Date(s): 1877

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Deptford Hospital

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Deptford Hospital was founded in 1877 and run by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. It became the South Eastern Fever Hospital in 1885 and then New Cross General Hospital in 1949, since c.1964 it has been known as New Cross Hospital.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Ledger of asylum patient's medical notes, Deptford Hospital Asylum, 1877.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single volume.

Conditions governing access:

Access to Collection on written application to The Archivist, Royal College of Surgeons of England 35-43 Lincoln Inn Fields London WC2A 3PN. A fee to use the library may be payable to readers who are not Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copy permission on application to The Archivist, Royal College of Surgeons of England 35-43 Lincoln Inn Fields London WC2A 3PN.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

None

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

None expected

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Found in Royal College of Surgeons library, August 2000. Donated by Deptford Hospital, date unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

London Metropolitan Archives hold administrative records of this hospital 1877-1970.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Prepared by Claire Jackson

Rules or conventions: National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions: September 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Hospitals | Health services
Medical records | Documents | Information sources
Patients | Health services
Medical institutions
Primary documents
Social sciences
Social welfare

Personal names

Corporate names
Deptford Hospital
Deptford Hospital Asylum

Places
Deptford | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Lewisham