Constance Road Workhouse/Institution Registers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA CR/R
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: Constance Road Workhouse/Institution Registers
Date(s)	: 1896-1934
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 6 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Constance Road Workhouse/Institution

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Constance Road Workhouse/Institution was founded in the Parish of St Giles in Camberwell, and existed from 1892 to 1937. In 1914 the title 'Workhouse' was changed to 'Institution'. In 1929 a Local Government Act transferred the care of Poor Law hospitals to the local County Councils, who were also given responsibility for the sick in their area. London County Council took over the parish of St Giles. The Institution became St Francis Hospital in 1937.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Registers of Constance Road Workhouse/Institution, 1896-1934, consisting of a register of lunatics, 1896; 'Register of lunatics No 18', 1910; 'Register of lunatics No 23', 1915-1916; register of 'Examination of alleged lunatics H & B', 1921-1934; 'Register of articles etc found on inmates', 1912-1922; register of deaths, 1929-1933.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English.

System of arrangement:

Arranged in 6 volumes as above.

Conditions governing access:

Administrative and committee papers are closed for 30 years from the last date on file, and patient case notes which could touch on the privacy of named individuals are closed for 100 years.

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 Services, King's College London.

Finding aids:

Handlist available in the reading room of the College Archives.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

King's College Hospital Library.

Allied Materials

Related material:

General administrative records, 1930-1948, finance records, 1896-1930, and admission and discharge records, 1894-1931, are held at London Metropolitan Archives.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: On-line Public Record Office and Wellcome Trust's Hospital Records Database at http://hospitalrecords.pro.gov.uk. Compiled by Annabel Dodds.

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:
Jun 2000.