Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust

Management and administration 1891-1989; patients (unbound records) 1940s-1960s

In 1887 Robert Willan Philip founded the Victoria Dispensary for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, the first of its kind in the world. The Royal Victoria Hospital was founded in 1894, and Polton Farm Colony in 1910. Together with the Dispensary these formed the nucleus of the 'Edinburgh Scheme' for combating tuberculosis. In 1914, the Dispensary, Hospital and Farm Colony were given to the City of Edinburgh and the Royal Victoria Tuberculosis Trust was founded. These came under the management of the Royal Victoria and Associated Hospitals NHS Trust in 1948, and the North Lothian District of Lothian Health Board in 1974. The Royal Victoria Hospital is currently within Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Chronological within record class

Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply

KPMG Peat Marwick, Chartered Accountants, Saltire Court, Edinburgh (formerly KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock)

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott from uncatalogued material

Manual item-level descriptive list available

Thomson McLintock and Company Chartered Accountants, 33/34 Charlotte Square, secretaries to the Royal Victoria Hospital TB Trust

No further accessions are expected

• City Hospital (LHB23)
• Edinburgh Royal Victoria and Associated Hospitals Board of Management (LHB10)
• North Lothian District, Lothian Health Board (LHB27)
• Public Health Department of the City of Edinburgh (LHB16)