GUY'S HOSPITAL: NUFFIELD HOUSE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: H09/GY/NH
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: GUY'S HOSPITAL: NUFFIELD HOUSE
Date(s)	: 1935-1949
Level of description	: subfonds View parent record
Extent	: 2.35 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Nuffield House | Guy's Hospital

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Nuffield House for paying patients was opened in 1935 on the site of the original medical school buildings of 1825. It was provided by Lord Nuffield for less well-off patients.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Nuffield House, Guy's Hospital, including minute book of the Nuffield House Committee, 1935-1936; Council of Management minutes, 1936-1948; certificate of incorporation, articles of association and related papers, 1936; register of members, 1936-1947; financial records, 1936-1949; fee books, providing information about the name, address, age, religion and marital status of patient, dates of admission and discharge, doctor (through whom admitted), room numbers and weekly maintenance charge (variable according to room), condition for which admitted, result of any operation and account-maintenance, medical fees, telephone calls etc. itemised, with date paid and receipt number, 1935-1948; photographs of the exterior and interior of Nuffield House, 1935 and prospectus, 1936.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records are arranged in four sections according to a classification scheme for hospital records: Minute Books and General Administration (A), Finance and Accounts (D), Miscellaneous (Y) and Photograph and Print Collection (NHph).

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: Depositor

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ACC/1656

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
February 2009