Management 1861-1949; finance 1947-1960; administration 1913-1990; history of the hospital 1926-1975; staff 1894-1978; nursing 1938-1986; patients (bound records) 1901-1983
Chalmers Hospital
This material is held atLothian Health Services Archive
- Reference
- GB 239 LHB4
- Dates of Creation
- 1861-1986
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 8 shelf metres: bound volumes, papers, objects
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Founded through a bequest to the Faculty of Advocates by George Chalmers (1773-1836), an Edinburgh plumber and burgess. Lauriston House was purchased and the Hospital opened in 1872, taking a mixture of private and non-paying patients. It was requisitioned for injured civilians in 1939. Private beds were lost with the coming of the NHS in 1948. In 1951 Chalmers amalgamated with the Hospital for Diseases of Women Edinburgh. From 1948-1970, it was part of the Edinburgh Central Hospitals of South Eastern Regional Hospital Board and was with the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Associated Hospitals Board of Management, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Associated Hospitals Unit and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh National Health Service Trust thereafter.
Arrangement
Chronological within record class
Access Information
Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply
Acquisition Information
A Masson, October 1984, and R. Purves, RIE NHS Trust, November 1998
Note
Records and minutes of the Chalmers Trust are held by the Faculty of Advocates
Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists
Other Finding Aids
Manual item-level descriptive list available
Custodial History
Records held within the National Health Service prior to transfer
Accruals
No further accessions are expected
Bibliography
Boog Watson, W.N. A short history of Chalmers Hospital. Edinburgh: Livingstone, 1964.