Royal Hospital for Incurables London County Committee
- GB 3544 RHN-FU-01-5
- File
- 1958-1994
Meeting agenda and minutes, annual reports and publications for the Hospital's London County Committee.
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Royal Hospital for Incurables London County Committee
Meeting agenda and minutes, annual reports and publications for the Hospital's London County Committee.
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Various reports from sub-committees, including admissions, general purpose, staff accommodation, private patients, salaries and wages, appeals, garden and assembly room renovation.
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Photographs of new ambulance outside reception
Photos of an ambulance outside the main entrance, c. 1970
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Register of patient deaths and discharges
Register of deaths of patients from April 1973 to March 2000. Entries include name of the patient, date admitted, case book number, whether they are inmate or pensioner and date of death. Later entries also include additional information of type of care they received, name of hospital ward and funding authorities.
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Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables presentation film
Colour presentation films for the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables. The narrated films provide an overview of the activities and facilities available to patients and includes soundbites from patients. The films shows a typical patient bedroom and common areas of the hospital, such as the cafeteria, Assembly Room and gardens, and some of the activities and services available to patients, including: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, art and pottery classes, furniture making, a patient using a possum typewriter (which was operated with a mouth piece), music therapy and the work undertaken by patients at 'The Factory', where patients were paid to undertaken simple manufacturing tasks for a small income. Finally, the video ends with plans for the new Chatsworth Wing at the hospital, which initially designed to house young disabled residents.
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Photographs of construction of Chatsworth Wing
Colour and black and white photographs of construction of Chatsworth ward in construction and finished empty wards. Also includes architectural drawing of the ward, interior shots of rooms within ward, including day room and bedrooms and exterior shots of the ward.
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Brochures and leaflets relating to services provided by the hospital, including information pack about the RHHP with specific leaflets relating to specialist care and treatment provided for certain groups of patient e.g. chronic and progressive neurological disorders and a brochure for the 'Transitional Living Unit', c. 1992.
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"From one to seven" by Joan Gandan
Biographical account of the life of a patient at the hospital, Joan Gandan.
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Printed staff and patient handbooks and printed guides providing guidance and information for staff and patients about the hospital. The patient handbook provide a guide of the services' and activities available, along with rules regarding visitors, smoking and alcohol, and also contain a floorplan for the hospital.
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Photographs of exterior of John Howard House, Brighton
Images from different angles of John Howard House in Brighton
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Colour photographs and negatives of building work of new rehabilitation wing and transitional living unit on the hospital site, c.1983-1990. File includes early images of hydrotherapy pool and gymnasium.
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Papers relating to the change of name of the hospital
Correspondence, memoranda, board minutes and reports relating to the change of the hospital's name from Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables to an alternative name which no longer includes the term 'incurables', which had become "increasingly problematic". File includes correspondence between the hospital and representatives of the Privy Purse, HRH Prince Charles, and members of the public regarding changing the name; an annotated list of alternative names drawn up; report on the case for changing the charity's name; notes from a meeting with J Walter Thompson, the marketing and communications firm, regarding name change, 1987. File also includes a letter from HRH Prince Charles congratulating the Development Trust for the Young Disabled new appeal for a 45 bed unit in November 1986.
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Internal magazine, 'Journal', including stories, poems, cartoons and jokes by staff and patients.
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Reports and presentations relating to fundraising at the hospital
Reports and printed slides of a presentation, including presentation slides, 'Building a better future for disabled people in partnership with local business', no date; report, '1999/2000 Fundraising Development Strategy Review' and report, 'Online fundraising growth and integration report', 2012 and a social media audit carried out for the Hospital by Aristos, a consultancy firm, in November 2012.
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Brochure for the Royal Hospital & Home, Putney.
Brochure includes inner sleeve with brochures and leaflets regarding the transitional living unit, leaflets for John Howard's House and other leaflets relating to types of injuries.
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Photographs of the Cathcart Ward under construction
Colour photographs of construction work of Cathcart Ward and group photograph of three unnamed men in an office.
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Departmental papers of the Fundraising Department
Correspondence, memorandum, reports, grant applications and promotional material relating to the Hospital's fundraising department, these include: a memorandum from 22 December 1993 regarding the need for improving hospital fundraising; applications for the role of fundraising manager, with attached curriculum vitae; grant application for the National Lotteries Charity Board, 1996; details of the fundraising campaign for the cloistered garden for the Hospital, and planning for the official opening, and letters relating to individual gifts received by the hospital.
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Board of Management papers relating to fundraising and communications
Printed meeting reports produced for the Board of Management, including reports on the formation of a public relations department and creation of the role of director of corporate communications.
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Newsletter, 'Volunteering at the Royal Hospital'
Internally produced newsletter for volunteers at the hospital.
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Hospital newsletter, 'Putney in Focus'. File includes a review and observation about the contents of the newsletter, no date.
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