| Administrative history | The Hospital was first planned in 1907, opened in 1919 and was extended in 1926 - 1927; in 1928 it had 92 beds. In 1948 it ceased to be a Voluntary Hospital and became a part of the National Health Service as a General Hospital of 130 beds. From 1948 - 1966 it was managed by the Stepney Group Hospital Management Committee and from 1966 - 1974, by the East London Group. The Hospital was closed in 1979, having been managed in its final years under Tower Hamlets Health District.
Records survived the destruction of the office by a bomb in October 1940. |
| Arrangement of the records | The collection takes the following arrangement:
RLHLJ/A - Administrative records, 1926-1980
RLHLJ/D - Deeds, 1962-1985
RLHLJ/F - Financial records, 1920-1929
RLHLJ/M - Patient records, 1961-1979
RLHLJ/N - Nursing records, 1940-1977
RLHLJ/P - Photographs, c1977
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