Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital
Scope and Contents
Management 1926-1946; administration 1929-1982; finance 1927-1973; patients (bound and unbound records) 1933-1990s
Dates
- Creation: 1926-1990s
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply
Biographical / Historical
The PMR was the first purely orthopaedic hospital in Scotland planned as a centre for the treatment of crippled children in South East Scotland. Funded by appeal it opened in 1932 and was known as the Edinburgh Hospital for Crippled Children. In 1934 it was renamed the Princess Margaret Rose Hospital to Crippled Children. The word "crippled" was dropped in 1937 and it acquired its final name in 1957 as progressively more adult cases were being treated. Special training for nurses in orthopaedics began in 1941. In 1948 it was part of the Board of Management for Edinburgh Central Hospitals and then the Board of Management of the Royal Victoria&Associated Hospitals. It became part of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh National Health Service Trust Hospital in 1994 and Lothian University Hospital NHS Trust in 1999. The PMR closed in January 2002, and its patients were the first to be transferred to the New Royal Infirmary at Little France.
Extent
25.25 shelf metres: bound volumes, papers
Arrangement
Chronological within record class
Other Finding Aids
Manual item-level descriptive list available
Custodial History
Records held within the National Health Service prior to transfer
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Admin Office, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, August 1984 and Linda Fisher, Administrator, Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital, February 1985
Accruals
Further accessions are expected
Bibliography
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Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
Centre for Research Collections
Edinburgh University Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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