East Fortune Hospital

This material is held atLothian Health Services Archive

  • Reference
    • GB 239 LHB39
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1922-1979
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2.9 shelf metres: bound volumes, papers

Scope and Content

Administration 1941-1957; patients (bound and unbound records) 1922-1979

Administrative / Biographical History

East Fortune Hospital was opened as a tuberculosis sanatorium for the south east of Scotland in 1922 when a World War I naval airship station at Drem, East Lothian, was converted into a hospital. For the duration of World War II the patients were accommodated in a hutted annexe at Bangour Hospital. East Fortune Hospital became part of the Board of Management of East Lothian Hospitals in 1948. In 1956 as tuberculosis patients began to decrease in number, mentally handicapped children were admitted, followed by adults three years later. The hospital became part of the North Lothian District of Lothian Health Board in 1974 and was closed in 1997 following the transfer of patients to Roodlands Hospital in Haddington.

Arrangement

Chronological within record class

Access Information

Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply

Acquisition Information

East Fortune Hospital, January 1991

Note

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

Related Material

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