Westminster General Dispensary

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0113 MS-WESTG
Held at	: Royal College of Physicians   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/archive-and-historical-library-collections ›
Full title	: Westminster General Dispensary
Date(s)	: 1774-1936
Level of description	: fonds
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 & 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

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

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