Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables

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Scope and Content

Management 1875-1951; administration 1874-1970; patients (bound records) 1884-1962

Administrative / Biographical History

In 1874 the Edinburgh Association for Incurables was founded. It received a Royal Charter in 1903. In February 1875 Longmore Hospital opened and a second hospital followed at Liberton in 1906. The two hospitals together were known as the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables. In 1948 they became part of the Board of Management of Edinburgh Southern Hospitals. Longmore Hospital is now closed.

Arrangement

Chronological within record class

Access Information

Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply

Acquisition Information

Malcolm Wright, Administrator, Longmore Hospital, March 1985

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

Edinburgh Southern Hospitals Board of Management (LHB9) Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Samaritan Society (GD2) South Lothian District, Lothian Health Board (LHB28) Sweenie, Elizabeth, nurse (GD1/41) Williamson, Edith Winchester Hindmarsh, nurse (GD1/40)