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MS0009 - (FONDS)
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| Content and context |
| Administrative or biographical history |
Deptford Hospital was founded, 17 March 1877, for the admission of pauper patients during the smallpox epidemic and was run by the Metropolitan Asylum Board. It became the South Eastern Fever Hospital in 1885 and remained a fever hospital until 1941and then New Cross General Hospital in 1949, after c.1964 it was known as New Cross Hospital. It closed c.1991. |
| Scope and content |
Ledger "Case Book D" of asylum patient's medical notes. Information given about each patient includes: name; age; occupation; address; disease; dates of admission and discharge. Also notes on diet, symptoms and treatment. Indexed by surname at the front. |
| Archival history |
Found in Royal College of Surgeons library, May 2000. |
| Previous reference |
N/A |
| Language |
English |
| Access conditions |
Access to Collection on written application to The Archivist, Royal College of Surgeons of England 3 |
| Copying conditions |
Copy permission on application to The Archivist, Royal College of Surgeons of England 35-43 Lincoln Inn Fields London WC2A 3PN. |
| Related materials |
London Metropolitan Archives hold administrative records of this hospital 1877-1970. |
| Input rules and conventions |
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. |
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