The collection includes:
- Papers and Correspondence, 1939-1973
- Patient Records, 1948-1984
- Internal Welfare Committee, 1942-1950
- Department of Health Booklets etc, 1940-1944
- Slides, 1965-1972
- Maps and Plans, 1940-1949
Booklet issued by the War Office titled 'Resuscitation; Equipment, Organization, Training and Procedures'. 31st October 1944
The collection includes:
At the outbreak of the Second World War, the Emergency Medical Service was established to try and cope with the large numbers of expected war casualties. Seven ‘temporary’ hospitals were built in Scotland for this; Bridge of Earn in Perthshire, Stracathro in Angus, Ballochmyle in Aryshire, Peel in Selkirkshire, Killearn in Dunbartonshire, Raigmore in Inverness and Law in Lanarkshire.
Bridge of Earn Hospital was built in 1939 and in 1946 the Rehabilitation Unit which had been at Gleneagles Hotel, was moved to Bridge of Earn. Then in 1947 the Orthopaedic Unit was transferred from Larbert. This allowed Bridge of Earn Hospital to continue after the War and it was only in 1992 that it closed.
Records are arranged chronologically within series.
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation. Normal closure period of 100 years (patient records) applies.
The records were removed from a store room at Perth Royal Infirmary and were stored near Perth records, making it difficult to tell some of the records apart. They were deposited in 2006.
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
No known copies.
The records are on paper.
Description compiled by Jennifer Johnstone, ‘Unlocking the Medicine Chest 2’ Project Archivist. Fonds level description updated by Jennifer Johnstone, Project Archivist, February 2007.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges are made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply.
The records were removed from a store room at Perth Royal Infirmary and were stored near Perth records, making it difficult to tell some of the records apart. They were deposited in 2006.
At some point the records were moved from Bridge of Earn Hospital to Perth Royal Infirmary.
Possible.
The material is original.
Information for Administrative / Biographical History section was taken from ‘Bridge of Earn hospital: a history’ by John S.G. Blair.