The book give a description of candidates, known as 'cases' who applied for home or extra relief from the charity. The volume contains case numbers 1-500 and dates from 12 October 1854 to 8 September 1859. As the book records 'case' who were admitted into the hospital, the book was regularly updated primarily to record deaths but also contact details of family members or supporters or other remarks. Includes a letter received from an 'extra' patient named Eliza Jules, dated 8 November [1895], regarding a change in her income, and some later notes written in ballpoint pen about early cases at the hospital, c. 1990s.
The collection spans from its inception in 1854 to the present day and includes records relating to governance, administration, estate, financial, fundraising, medical and research. There is a wide variety of types of records include committee minutes, correspondence, admission case books, domestic ledgers, reports, fundraising pamphlets and audio-visual material and photographs.
Volume containing the first constitution of the charity and minutes from general meetings. The volume contains minutes from the general meeting held at the London Tavern on the 27 November 1854 for the first election to the 84th annual general meeting held on 25 November 1938. Meeting minutes include information about changes in the constitution, board and hospital appointments and other business matters including medical testimonials for the environmental benefits for Coulsden site in 1860; the Hospital's response to the report of the select committee to the House of Lords, which was critical of some aspects of the hospital administration, 1892. Later entries include attached annual reports and other reports and articles presented at the meetings.
Bound volume containing the meeting minutes of the annual general meetings of the charity from 1939 to 2004. Volume contains numerous inserts including typescript agendas and annual reports.
Bound meeting minutes of the Hospital's Committee Board, who governed the charity. The Board met every fortnight and would make all decisions in relates to policy. When the charity first started the Chairman of the Board was the Treasurer until 1911 when an independent office of chairman was created. The Secretary (now Chief Executive) would prepare the agenda and circulate the minutes to the other committee members.
Committee members for the Board of Management were initially composed of businessmen working in the City of London and later retired military service men, with usually no less than twenty members present at one time.
The meeting minutes are predominantly handwritten but become typescript in the mid 20th century and usually include various inserts of papers discussed during meetings as well as letters and statements transcribed into the minutes.
Meeting minutes for the Board of Management of the Hospital from 16 April 1860 to 22 August 1861. The manuscript minutes in this volume include an indexed in alphabetical order.
Meeting minutes for the hospital board of management from 28 March 1878 to 11 March 1880. Manuscript meeting minutes with an alphabetically arranged front index.
Board minutes for the Royal Hospital for Incurables from November 1893 to December 1895. The volume is indexed and contains two enclosed annual reports and accounts for the years, 1893-1894 and 1894 to 1895.
Meeting minutes for the Hospital Board of Management dating from December 1896 to March 1898. The manuscript meeting minutes are indexed and contains enclosed typescript annual reports and accounts for the years, 1895-1896 and 1896-1897.
Board minutes for the Royal Hospital for Incurables from March 1898 to January 1900. The volume includes an index and some inserts including a typescript copy of the annual report and accounts for 1898 to 1899.
Meeting minutes for the Hospital Board of Management dating from 8 July 1900 to 20 November 1902. The volume contains manuscript meeting minutes with a front index arranged alphabetically. The volume also includes the annual report for 1899-1900 and 1900-1901 pasted into the volume and loose manuscript and typescript inserts, 1902-1937, including 'Rules for the Appointment of a Medical Officer'.
Meeting minutes of the hospital board of management dating from January 1939 to 31 May 1954. The volume is indexed and includes typescript annotated inserts of the members of the board and the dates of when they joined. Later annotations refer to the addition of new board members and removal of members no longer serving. The volume contains various typescript inserts including documents relating to the proposal to join the National Health Service and the Hospital's legal case against joining, 1946-1950; reports from sub-committees relating to staff salaries and re-organising the governance structure of the hospital.
Meeting minutes for the hospital board of management dating from 28 June 1954 to 28 November 1966. The volume contains manuscript meeting minutes of the Hospital Board and index. The volume also includes a typescript inset listing members of the board of Management and the date in which they joined.
Meeting minutes of the hospital board of management dating from 30 January 1967 to 23 January 1980. The minutes are indexed and also include a list of board members and when they were first elected.
Volumes containing minutes of the House Committee, a weekly committee meeting whose purpose was to make decisions regarding the internal administration of the hospital and its patients. The committee was initially chaired by the Treasurer until 1911 before being replaced by the Chairman and the board would include the Steward, Matron and Chief Medical Officer.
