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

Management 1846-1948; administration 1905-1985; patients (bound records) 1904-1987

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

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Bibliography

Boyd, David H.A. Leith Hospital 1848-1988. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1990.