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London Metropolitan Archives

SURREY DISPENSARY


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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Charities administration | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Charity accounts | Charity records | Documents | Information sources
Dispensaries | Health services
Medical charities | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Medical treatment | Therapy | Medical sciences
Poor relief | Social welfare
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Surrey Dispensary | Southwark

Places
Southwark (district) | Southwark | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe