IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0387 TH
Held at: Barts Health NHS Trust Archives (Royal London Hospital Archives)
Title: Tower Hamlets District Health Authority
Date(s): 1974-1995
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: approximately 25 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Tower Hamlets Health District
Tower Hamlets District Health Authority
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Authority was established in 1981 following the abolition of the City and East London Area Health Authority (Teaching) for records 1974 - 1981 q.v. On the reorganisation of the National Health Service in April 1991 the District became the purchasing authority for health services for the population of Tower Hamlets with provider services contracted principally with The Royal London Hospital and its Associated Community Services N.H.S. Trust (for records 1991 - 1994 q.v. RLHLT) In March 1993 Tower Hamlets District Health Authority merged with the City and Hackney District Health Authority and the Newham District Health Authority to form the East London and the City Health Authority.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Administration records, financial records; records of Tower Hamlets Health Promotion Department; nursing records, photographs; plans and miscellaneous records.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See Scope and content.
Conditions governing access:
Some material is restricted. Please contact the repository in the first instance.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copying and digitisation services are available for unrestricted material. Researchers should contact the repository in the first instance.
Finding aids:
See 'Detailed catalogue' link above.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the District Offices on various dates between 1985 and 1991 and from the East and the City Health Authority Offices, Tredegar House, Bow, in 1996.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Originally compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Updated by Clare Button, Archivist, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.
Date(s) of descriptions: June 2001, updated April 2020.