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Records of the Boston General Hospital

Catalogue reference: HOSP/BOSTON

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This record is about the Records of the Boston General Hospital dating from 1871 - 1952.

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Reference
HOSP/BOSTON
Title
Records of the Boston General Hospital
Date
1871 - 1952
Description

Records of the Boston General Hospital.

Arrangement

SUMMARY

HOSP/BOSTON1. Minute Books.

HOSP/BOSTON2. Financial Records.

HOSP/BOSTON3. Printed Material.

HOSP/BOSTON4. Photographs.

Held by
Lincolnshire Archives
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • <corpname>Boston Cottage Hospital, 1871-c1887</corpname>
  • <corpname>Boston Hospital, c1887-c1937</corpname>
  • <corpname>Boston General Hospital, c1937-c1971</corpname>
Physical description
28 files
Immediate source of acquisition

Deposited by the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board, Boston Group Management Committee on 31 October 1967. (Acc 1967/106.1.)

Administrative / biographical background

The Hospital was established in 1871 in temporary premises as the Boston Cottage Hospital. A new building was erected in 1874 and subsequently extended on several occasions. The name was changed to Boston Hospital, c1887, and Boston General Hospital, c1937. The Hospital was administered from 1948 by the Boston Group Hospital Management Committee of the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board. The Hospital was replaced by the new Boston Pilgrim Hospital, opened in 1971.

The County of Holland Joint Hospital Board was established by the Ministry of Health c1935, and administered Boston Hospital, Boston Isolation Hospital and Fleet Smallpox Hospital until the formation of the National Health service in 1948.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a508ca08-5a6e-4665-a139-a768f3f010a9/

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Records of the Boston General Hospital