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Title
Date(s)
- 1939 - 1954 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Green hardback vellum volume of meeting minutes with the following dimensions: 240mm (l) x 210mm (w) x 65mm (h). The minute minutes are written in pen ink and index is written in pencil. The front cover is inscribed in gold lettering, 'Royal Hospital & Home for Incurables Board Minutes 1939".