LHB6 Leith Hospital

Patients (bound records)

Reference Code: GB239 LHB6
Title: Leith Hospital: Patients (bound records)
Dates of Creation of Material: 1904-1987
Level of Description: Sub-fonds
Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 11.5 shelf metres: bound volumes, papers
Name of creator(s): Leith Hospital
Scope and Content: Admissions: general 1948-1961; admissions: surgical 1933-1952; admissions: medical 1929-1955; admissions: gynaecological 1905-1946; admissions: eye 1904-1945; Admissions: Children's Wing surgical 1965-1968; admissions: Children's Wing medical 1926-1974; admissions: Children's Wing ENT 1926-1966; admissions: Children's Wing eye 1926-1945; admissions: various specialised books 1941-1973; accident and emergency registers 1979-1982; register of patients: diseases of the eye 1946-1961; appointments registers: Eye Clinic 1973-1981; miscellaneous patient appointments and registers 1965-1987; Medical Out-Patient Department registers 1947-1950; Surgical Out-Patient Department registers 1947-1951; casualty registers: new cases 1938-1977; consulting journals, medical 1930-1951; medical journals 1975-1981; operation books 1907-1987; operation books: Children's Wing 1927-1958; miscellaneous operation books 1939-1987; dangerous drugs registers 1959-1980; appliance order books 1972-1977; x-ray exposures registers 1921-1927; deaths 1967-1981; mortuary books 1956-1986; anaesthetic books: Children's Wing 1956-1979; operating time books: Children's Wing 1963-1983; discharges: Children's Wing 1971-1977; index of cases, Medical Children's Ward, 1951-
Conditions Governing Access: Access is subject to the terms of the NHS Records Management Code of Practice 2010, the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Language/Scripts of Material: English
Archivists' Notes: Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists
Rules or Conventions: Description based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description International Council on Archives (2nd edition), 2000
Date(s) of Description: August 2002, last updated Sept 2009.