Management 1846-1948; administration 1905-1985; patients (bound records) 1904-1987
Leith Hospital
This material is held atLothian Health Services Archive
- Reference
- GB 239 LHB6
- Dates of Creation
- 1846-1987
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 14.8 shelf metres: papers, bound volumes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Origins lie in the Edinburgh and Leith Humane Society, 1788. A dispensary opened in 1815 followed by a casualty hospital in 1837. Both combined to form Leith Hospital in 1848, which was formally incorporated in 1907. Thereafter it served as a general hospital for men, women and children and included an accident unit. Women medical students were admitted for clinical instruction in 1886. Leith Hospital became part of the Edinburgh Northern Hospitals under the South Eastern Regional Hospital Board. From 1974, it was part of the North Lothian District of Lothian Health Board. The hospital closed in 1987 and functions were transferred to Western General Hospital.
Arrangement
Chronological within record class
Access Information
Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply
Acquisition Information
Leith Hospital Administrator, May 1986
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
Bibliography
Boyd, David H.A. Leith Hospital 1848-1988. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1990.