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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HOSP/BOSTON
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Boston General Hospital
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1871 - 1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Boston General Hospital.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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SUMMARY
HOSP/BOSTON1. Minute Books.
HOSP/BOSTON2. Financial Records.
HOSP/BOSTON3. Printed Material.
HOSP/BOSTON4. Photographs.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lincolnshire Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <corpname>Boston Cottage Hospital, 1871-c1887</corpname>
- <corpname>Boston Hospital, c1887-c1937</corpname>
- <corpname>Boston General Hospital, c1937-c1971</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 28 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited by the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board, Boston Group Management Committee on 31 October 1967. (Acc 1967/106.1.)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a508ca08-5a6e-4665-a139-a768f3f010a9/
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Records of the Boston General Hospital