IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2712/JSH
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: JEWS HOSPITAL
Date(s): 1812-1821
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Jews' Hospital | Whitechapel
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Jew's Hospital was founded in 1807 in Mile End. It was also known as Neveh Zedek, the Abode of Righteousness. It moved to more spacious accommodation in Norwood, South London, in 1860; and in 1877 amalgamated with the Jews' Orphan Asylum to become the Jews' Hospital and Orphan Asylum.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Jews' Hospital, consisting of minutes.
PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Judaeo-German.
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in one series: Minutes (ACC/2712/JSH/001).
Conditions governing access:
These records are only available for consultation by written permission of the United Synagogue's Chief Executive.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited as part of a larger accession of material from the United Synagogue. The records of the hospital were part of the original deposit.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also ACC/2712/JOA: Jews' Orphan Asylum.
Publication note:
For further information please consult the LMA Information Leaflet: "Records of the Anglo-Jewish Community at London Metropolitan Archives"; available to download here: http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/Visitor_information/free_information_leaflets.htm (URL correct Feb 2010).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: Description prepared in March 2010.