IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 A/SD
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SURREY DISPENSARY
Date(s): 1777-1970
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3.96 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Surrey Dispensary | Southwark
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Surrey Dispensary was opened in 1777. It was originally situated on Union Street, Southwark (then in Surrey) although it subsequently moved to various addresses. The Dispensary aimed to provide medical care for the local poor.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Surrey Dispensary, Southwark, including rules and regulations; minutes of the Governing Committee; minutes of the Court and Committees; House Visitor's books; subscription books; registers of patients admitted; registers of patients visited at home; annual reports; leases; correspondence files; financial accounts and insurance policies.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
A/SD-1: Rules and regulations;
A/SD-2: Minutes;
A/SD-3: Accounts;
A/SD-4: Registers;
A/SD-5: Rules and regulations;
A/SD-6: Annual reports;
A/SD-7: Property records;
A/SD-8: Notices of annual general meetings;
A/SD-9: Annual reports;
A/SD-10: Accounts;
A/SD-11: Correspondence;
A/SD-12: Miscellaneous.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
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 in 1953, with a further accession in 1970.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.