Roodlands General Hospital

Register of admissions and discharges 1950-1966; register of operations 1954-1965; case books 1949-1950; ward registers 1952-1973

Originally the infectious diseases hospital for the western district of the County of East Lothian and known as the Combination Hospital, Haddington. With the reorganisation of local authority health services in 1930, all East Lothian cases of infectious disease were treated there. Its name was changed to the County Infectious Diseases Hospital. In 1948 it became part of the Board of Management of East Lothian Hospitals under the South Eastern Regional Hospital Board. Its use then changed and it became known as Roodlands General Hospital. In 1974 it became part of the North Lothian District of Lothian Health Board.

Chronological within record class

Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply

Robert Wilson, Administrator, East Lothian Hospitals, October 1983

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

Manual item-level descriptive list available

Normal 75 year Scottish closure rules apply

Records held within the National Health Service prior to transfer

No further accessions are expected

East Lothian Hospitals Board of Management (LHB17) North Lothian District, Lothian Health Board (LHB27)