Most files in this series are bulky, and include meeting programmes and statistical returns for each unit. Tabulations are also presented with descriptive information including clinical diagnosis, treatment, cause of death and autopsy report. Mostly typescript with some annotations. Date-ordered with hospitals and wards separated by file tabs.
Units, departments and wards include:
- University of Edinburgh, Department of Clinical Surgery
- General Surgery - Bangour General Hospital
- General Surgical Unit - Eastern General Hospital
- General Surgical Unit - Western General Hospital
- Surgical Unit - Deaconess Hospital
- General Surgical Unit - Leith Hospital
- Wards 9/10 - Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- Wards 11/12 - Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- Wards 13/14 - Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- Wards 15/16 - Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Chalmers Hospital
- Paediatric Surgery - Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bruntsfield, Western General and Leith Hospitals
- Department of Surgical Neurology, University of Edinburgh
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital
- Department of Radiology - Western General Hospital
- Cardiothoracic Surgery - Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and City Hospital
- Urological Surgery - Western General Hospital
- Gastro-Intestinal Unit - Western General Hospital
- Duodeno-Pancreatectomy - Southern Group Hospitals
- Plastic and Maxillo-Facial Surgical Unit - Bangour General Hospital
- Cardiothoracic Surgery - Royal Infirmary and City Hospital