Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables
Scope and Contents
Management 1875-1951; administration 1874-1970; patients (bound records) 1884-1962
Dates
- Creation: 1874-1970
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply
Biographical / Historical
In 1874 the Edinburgh Association for Incurables was founded. It received a Royal Charter in 1903. In February 1875 Longmore Hospital opened and a second hospital followed at Liberton in 1906. The two hospitals together were known as the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables. In 1948 they became part of the Board of Management of Edinburgh Southern Hospitals. Longmore Hospital is now closed.
Extent
0.6 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
Malcolm Wright, Administrator, Longmore Hospital, March 1985
Accruals
No further accessions are expected
- Title
- Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
Centre for Research Collections
Edinburgh University Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44 (0)131 650 3392
lhsa@ed.ac.uk