Papers and Correspondence

Folder containing various papers and correspondence. 13 items. 1939-1973. Including: Letters from the Board of Management for the County and City of Perth General Hospitals to Bridge of Earn Hospital regarding a Rehabilitation Unit. 1943-1973. Typed letters from Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee thanking all of the Department of Health for Scotland for their work during the War. 1945. Typed document; Confidential Memorandum, '"Blitz" on Clydeside - Appreciation from a medical point of view'. 1941. Annual report of the County and City of Perth General Hospitals, Photographic Department, Bridge of Earn Hospital. 1962.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, the Emergency Medical Service was established to try and cope with the large numbers of expected war casualties. Seven 'temporary' hospitals were built in Scotland for this; Bridge of Earn in Perthshire, Stracathro in Angus, Ballochmyle in Aryshire, Peel in Selkirkshire, Killearn in Dunbartonshire, Raigmore in Inverness and Law in Lanarkshire. Bridge of Earn Hospital was built in 1939 and in 1946 the Rehabilitation Unit which had been at Gleneagles Hotel, was moved to Bridge of Earn. Then in 1947 the Orthopaedic Unit was transferred from Larbert. This allowed Bridge of Earn Hospital to continue after the War and it was only in 1992 that it closed.

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At the outbreak of the Second World War, the Emergency Medical Service was established to try and cope with the large numbers of expected war casualties. Seven 'temporary' hospitals were built in Scotland for this; Bridge of Earn in Perthshire, Stracathro in Angus, Ballochmyle in Aryshire, Peel in Selkirkshire, Killearn in Dunbartonshire, Raigmore in Inverness and Law in Lanarkshire. Bridge of Earn Hospital was built in 1939 and in 1946 the Rehabilitation Unit which had been at Gleneagles Hotel, was moved to Bridge of Earn. Then in 1947 the Orthopaedic Unit was transferred from Larbert. This allowed Bridge of Earn Hospital to continue after the War and it was only in 1992 that it closed.

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Description compiled by Jennifer Johnstone, Project Archivist, February 2007

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