Catalogue description Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

Board and Committee minutes

HO.RVI/1/1-7 Board of Governors minutes, Court of Governors before 1948.

1911 - 1971

(7 volumes)

See also HO.RVI/47 for Joint Minutes with Regional Hospital Board.

HO.RVI/2/1-61 House Committee minutes, 1751 - 1971

(61 volumes)

Volumes 1-4, 6-11, 17-18 contain patients' admissiosn and discharges.

HO.RVI/151/1-6 Rough House Committee minutes, 1752 - 1755

(6 volumes)

HO.RVI/3/1-2 Anaesthetic Committee minutes, 1924 - 1948

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/4/1-2 Appeal Committee minutes, 1927 - 1945

(2 volumes)

See also HO.RVI/30 for minutes 1945 - 1946

Blood Transfusion Committee minutes, see HO.RVI/153.

HO.RVI/5 Building Committee (New Infirmary) minutes, 1897 - 1910 [including first and final meeting]

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/6 Building Extensions Committee minutes, 1917 - 1921

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/7/1-4 Building and Plans Committee minutes, formerly Building and Planning Committee, 1946 - 1971

(4 volumes)

For Joint Building Committee for New Medical School and ward block see HO.RVI/204.

HO.RVI/8 Buildings and properties committee minutes, 1924 - 1948

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/9 Catering Committee minutes, 1950 - 1955

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/10 Central Sector Visiting Panel minutes, 1980 - 1983

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/11 Concert Committee minutes, 1877

[to eradicate hospital's debt of £4,000]

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/12 [Greycourt] Convalescent Home for Children Committee minutes, 1936 - 1937

Convalescent Homes Committee including Greycourt and Castle Hill Convalescent Homes, 1937 - 1948

(1 volume)

For earlier minutes of Castle Hill see HO.RVI/34

For records of Castle Hill Convalescent Home see HO/CaH.

HO.RVI/13/1-2 Drug and Instrument Committee minutes, 1904 - 1948

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/14 Emergency Committee minutes, 1938 - 1942

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/15 Employees representative committee minutes, 1943 - 1949

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/16 Entertainment Committee minutes, 1922 - 1947

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/17 Executive Committee minutes, 1896 - 1902

[including final meeting of committee drawn-up to deal with proposals for the New Infirmary]

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/18/1-12 Finance and Establishment Committee minutes, formerly the Finance Committee, 1904 - 1971

(12 volumes)

HO.RVI/176 Loose papers from HO.RVI/18/1

(7 papers)

HO.RVI/19 Foundation stone and reception committee minutes, 1899 - 1906

[including minutes re opening of the new Infirmary]

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/20 General committee of the Queen's Commemoration New Infirmary Fund committee minutes, 1896 - 1901

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/21 General Furnishing Committee minutes, 1904 - 1907

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/177 Loose papers from HO.RVI/21

(8 papers)

For Governor's Committee, see HO.RVI/34, 60

HO.RVI/22/1-16 Honorary Staff Committee minutes, formerly Honorary Surgeons and Physicians, formerly Medical Board, 1880 - 1944

(16 volumes)

HO.RVI/23 Index to HO.RVI/22/9-10, nd

(1 volume)

For Hospital Administration minutes, see HO.RVI/153

HO.RVI/24 Hospital Centre Committee minutes, 1933 - 1945

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/25 Hospital Policy Committee minutes, 1930 - 1932

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/26 Joint Committee minutes, 1939 - 1942

(1 volume)

For Joint Consultative Staffs Committee, see HO.RVI/204

HO.RVI/27 Joint project management group minutes (concerning the building of the Dental and Medical School) 1974

(1 volume)

For Joint Building Committee for new Medical School and Ward Block, see HO.RVI/204

HO.RVI/28 Joint Radium Committee minutes, 1931 - 1948

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/29 Leazes Hospital Committee minutes, 1931 - 1948

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/30 Local Committee minutes, 1929 - 1934

Appeal Committee minutes, 1945 - 1946

Social Committee minutes, 1946 - 1947

(1 volume)

For Appeal Committee minutes, see HO.RVI/4/1-2

HO.RVI/31/1-6 Medical Advisory Committee minutes, 1948 - 1971

(6 volumes)

For Medical Advisory Committee working party on Medical Social Work, see HO.RVI/205.

HO.RVI/32 Medical Advisory Committee minutes, confidential addendum, 1958 - 1967

(1 volume)

For Medical Library minutes, 1819 - 1869, see HO.RVI/110/1-2.

HO.RVI/34 Innes Hopkins Memorial Home minutes, 1922-1933

Castle Hill Convalescent Home minutes, 1933 - 1937

[on being given the Castle Hill home in 1933, the Royal Victoria Infirmary closed the Innes Hopkins Memorial Home and the committee serving that home became the Committee for Castle Hill]

Governors' Committee minutes [Workmen Governors representing Durham miners] 1940 - 1947

(1 volume)

For later minutes of Castle Hill Convalescent Home see HO.RVI/12

For records see HO/CaH

For Workmen Governors minutes, Newcastle District, see HO.RVI/60

For Medical Advisory Committee, working party on medical social work, and Medical Establishment Review Committee, see HO.RVI/205.

HO.RVI/35 Military Orthopaedic Centre Committee minutes

[Joint Committee minutes of the House Committee of the RVI and representatives of the 1st Northern Hospital re the establishment of an orthopaedic department] 1917 - 1929

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/36 Nominating Committee minutes, 1949 - 1971

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/37 North East Regional Hospital Advisory Committee minutes, 1941 - 1945

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/38 Nurses Home Furnishing Committee minutes, 1903 - 1905

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/39/1-7 Nursing Committee minutes, formerly Nursing Staff Committee, 1904 - 1969

(7 volumes)

For Nursing Committee minutes, 1970 - 1973, see HO.RVI/205

For Outpatients Committee minutes, see HO.RVI/153

HO.RVI/40 Pathological Joint Committee minutes, 1911 - 1941

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/41/1-2 Patients Admissions Committee minutes, 1911 - 1948

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/42 Patients contributions committee minutes, 1906 - 1912 including one meeting of the Patients Admissions Committee, 1912

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/43 Pensions Committee minutes, 1932 - 1942

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/44 Physiotherapy Committee minutes, 1924 - 1948

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/205 Physiotherapy School supervision committee, 1957 - 1970

Study leave committee, 1958 - 1971

Residents Appointments Committee, 1959 - 1972

Medical Establishment Review Committee, 1963 - 1972

Nursing Committee, 1970 - 1973

Medical Advisory Committee on working party for Medical Social work, 1971 - 1972

(1 volume)

For Policy and Organisation Committee 1952 - 1961 see HO.RVI/204

HO.RVI/45 Proposed enlargement of the Infirmary minutes and accounts, 1852 - 1857

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/46 Reception Committee for British Hospitals Association Conference minutes, 1930

(1 file)

HO.RVI/153 Records Committee, Hospital Administration Committee, Blood Transfusion Committee, Outpatients Committee minutes, 1934 - 1939

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/47 Regional Hospital Board and Board of Governors Joint Committee minutes, 1949 - 1965

(1 volume)

For Board of Governors minutes, see HO.RVI/1/1-7

HO.RVI/48 Reorganisation Committee minutes, 1940 - 1948

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/204 Representatives of the hospitals concerned in applications to Commissioner for Special Areas minutes, 1937 - 1939

Staffing Committee minutes, 1946 - 1952

Joint Consultative Staffs Committee minutes, 1951 - 1971

Policy and Organisation Committee minutes, 1952 - 1961

Joint building committee for new Medical School and ward block minutes, 1960 - 1961

(1 volume)

For Residents Appointments Committee, see HO.RVI/205.

HO.RVI/49 Resident staff committee minutes, 1922 - 1941

(1 volume)

For Social Committee minutes, see HO.RVI/30

HO.RVI/50/1-4 Special Committee minutes, 1911 - 1940

(4 volumes)

[Prior to 1911, the minutes of Special Committees were entered in the House Committee minutes]

HO.RVI/51 Special sub-centre bicentenary Committee, 1938 - 1955

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/52 St. Lukes Chapel Special Committee, 1910 - 1913

(1 volume)

For Staffing Committee minutes, see HO.RVI/204

HO.RVI/53 Standing Committee minutes, 1941 - 1946

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/54 Statutory Committee minutes, 1925 - 1929

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/55/1-5 Subscriptions Committee minutes, 1904 - 1948

(5 volumes)

HO.RVI/56/1-6 Supplies Committee minutes, formerly Stores Committee, 1904 - 1960

(6 volumes)

HO.RVI/203 University Management Group - Medical Advisory Committee and Board of Governors Committee minutes, 1968 - 1971

(1 file)

HO.RVI/57 Venereal Committee minutes, 1917 - 1920

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/58 Wages Committee minutes, 1922 - 1941

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/59/1-15 Weekly committee minutes, 1915 - 1948

(15 volumes)

For minutes 1910 - 1915, see HO.RVI/2/50

HO.RVI/60 Workmen Governors, Newcastle District, annual meetings, 1911 - 1939

(1 volume)

For Workmen Governors representing Durham miners see HO.RVI/34

Sub-committee minutes.

HO.RVI/165 Catering sub-committee minutes, 1962 - 1963

(1 file)

HO.RVI/152 Country branch sub-committee minutes, 1962 - 1970

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/61/1-2 House Committee sub-committee minutes, 1883 - 1890

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/62 Minutes for the following sub-committees:- education, finance, administration, anaesthetics, library records, honorary physicians and surgeons, hospital policy, 1920 - 1933

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/63/1-3 Scientific and research sub-committee minutes, 1955 - 1971

(3 volumes)

HO.RVI/64/1-3 Supplies sub-committee minutes, 1961 - 1971

(3 volumes)

HO.RVI/65/1-2 Works sub-committee minutes, 1901 - 1907

(2 volumes)

Committee reports

HO.RVI/66/1-8 Building Committee reports, 1852 - 1885

(2 booklets, 2 volumes, 4 papers)

HO.RVI/175 Buildings and properties committee report on new pathological block and theatre, 1938

(4 papers)

HO.RVI/68/1-2 General purposes committee reports, 1888

(1 booklet, 1 paper)

HO.RVI/69 House committee report, improvements required to increase efficiency, 1869

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/166 Report of Investigation Committee (Pathological Department) 1934

(1 file)

HO.RVI/70 Special Committee on past management and financial position, 1887

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/174 Honorary Medical and Surgical Staff report, 1930

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/71/1-3 Reports to Board of Governors, 1948 - 1958

(3 volumes)

HO.RVI/200 Matron's report book to committees, 1895 - 1899

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/154/1-6 Reports of sub-committees, 1927 - 1948

(6 volumes)

Administration

HO.RVI/72/1-134 Annual reports, 1751 - 1951

(5 silk pages, 79 papers, 53 volumes, 1 booklet)

HO.RVI/73 Letter of summons to a Special Court meeting to be held on 24 October 1805, 1805

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/74/1-23 Statutes and rules, 1801 - 1948

(11 volumes, 10 booklets, 2 papers)

HO.RVI/75 Proof copy of byelaws, nd. [c.1900 - 1910]

(1 booklet)

HO.RVI/150/1-8 Printed Material arising over provision for fever patients at the Infirmary, 1801 - 1802

(4 papers, 3 volumes, 1 booklet)

HO.RVI/76 Specifications of work on new hospital building, 1901

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/77/1-5 Inventories, 1925 - 1949

(5 volumes)

HO.RVI/78 Register of documents, 1959 - 1971

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/79 Index to safe n.d.

(1 bundle)

HO.RVI/155 Blank questionniare relative to the management and facilities of hospital, March 1853

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/80 Broadsheets, copy letters and newspaper articles mainly about the possibility of having a fever hospital annexed to the Infirmary, 1800 - 1803

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/81 Volume concerning the new Infirmary containing photographs and newspaper articles, and a copy of the Newcastle Corporation (New Infirmary Site) Act. 1858

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/82/1-11 Broadsheets, newspaper cuttings and scrapbooks, 1872 - 1976

(9 volumes, 4 papers)

HO.RVI/83-90 Papers concerning the building of the new Infirmary, 1892 - 1906

(16 papers, 3 volumes, 2 files)

HO.RVI/149 Queens Commemoration (New Infirmary) Fund, History of the fund and list of subscriptions, 1898

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/161-162 Invitation and admittance ticket to the laying of the Foundation Stone, 1900

(2 papers)

HO.RVI/202/1-2 Photographs of the laying of the Foundation Stone, 1900

(2 photographs)

HO.RVI/163/1-2 Photographs of the opening of the New Infirmary, 1906

(2 papers)

HO.RVI/91 Bicentenary celebrations, 1751 - 1951 including menu cards, letters, history of the Infirmary, photographs etc. 1951

(1 volume)

Financial

HO.RVI/92/1-4 Receipts and expenditure, 1809 - 1906

(55 papers, 2 files)

HO.RVI/167/1-11 Annual accounts, United Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, including Royal Victoria Infirmary, Babies Hospital and Princess Mary Maternity Hospital, 1948 - 1957

(11 files)

HO.RVI/93/1-20 Subscriptions, 1837 - 1901

(12 files, 8 papers)

HO.RVI/199 Newcastle Building Fund Treasurer's Book, 1851 - 1854

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/168 Declaration by John Clayton, Peregrine George Ellison, Thomas Wilson and Thomas Hedley as to £10,668 3 per cent consols, 1864

(1 file)

HO.RVI/94/1-20 Bequests and donations, 1891 - 1912

(19 papers, 1 file)

HO.RVI/169 Pension Fund Trust Deed (Draft) and rules, 1938

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/95 Ledger, Honorary Medical and Surgical Staff, accounts for pensioners; also for surgical tuberculosis cases and tonsils and adenoid consultations, 1919 - 1931

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/156/1-2 Newcastle Voluntary Hospitals Combined Appeal Fund; accounts and lists of donations and donors, 1939 - 1946

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/173 File concerning the Combined Appeal Fund, 1939 - 1944

(1 file)

HO.RVI/196 Combined appeal fund accounts, 1946 - 1952

(1 volume)

Legal

HO.RVI/96 North Eastern Railway. Notice owners lessees and occupiers with regard to land required for new bridge, 1895

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/97 Newcastle Tramway and Improvement Act 1899. Section 103 to give corporation power to subscribe to the Infirmary and Newcastle Dispensary, 1899

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/98 Goyden Memorial Scholarship: correspondence and extract from Trust Deed, 1889 - 1908

(3 papers)

HO.RVI/99 Correspondence on proposed mortgage by the Trustees on property in Saville Place owned by James Fothergill 1902

(1 file)

HO.RVI/100 Counsel's opinion on the proposal to charge the majority of patients for Maintenance and Medical Services, 1932

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/101 Tracing of land leasehold from Newcastle Corporation adjacent to Forth Banks expiring 1949, n.d. [c.1905]

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/171/1-3 Declarations of Trusts, 1901 - 1947

(3 papers)

HO.RVI/172 Draft agreement between Harry Engel of Mawsons and the Infirmary House Committee re exhibition for the benefit of the Infirmary; 1896

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/180/1-4 Contracts, 1901 - 1939

(3 booklets, 1 file)

HO.RVI/195 Extracts from the will of Thomas George Gibson showing the gifts to charities, 1911

(1 paper)

Medical Staff

HO.RVI/102 Sketch of the professional life of John Clark, MD by J.R. Fenwick MD, read at the Literary and Philosophical Society 1805, 1806

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/103/1-26 Applications for medical posts (comprising testimonials, curriculum vitae), 1900 - 1930

(23 files, 1 volume, 2 papers)

HO.RVI/104/1-23 Photographs, 1830s - 1946

(20 photographs, 1 file, 1 paper, 1 volume)

HO.RVI/201/1-15 Resident Medical Staff, 1921 - 1966

(15 photographs)

HO.RVI/105 List of volunteers for evacuation duty and lay members of staff called up for military service, 1933 - 1943

(1 volume, 1 paper)

Nursing staff

HO.RVI/106 List of candidates entered on a 3 months trial, 1893

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/160 Certificate of competency for Nurse Isabel Bates, 1896

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/107 List of nurses annual leave for 1904

(1 file)

HO.RVI/179 Bills of quantities for proposed extension to nurses home, 1929

(1 file)

HO.RVI/183 Photograph of nursing staff, nd [c.1920s]

(1 photograph)

Pharmaceutical Department

HO.RVI/108/1-4 Summaries of prescriptions dispensed, 1920 - 1982

(4 volumes)

HO.RVI/109/1-3 Formulae books, 1920 - 1950

(3 volumes)

HO.RVI/178 List of drug contracts ending 31 January 1915

(1 paper)

Library

HO.RVI/110/1-2 Minutes, 1819 - 1860

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/111 List of books presented to the Infirmary by Dr. Ranken Lyle and Mr. J.H. Burn, 1924 - 1927

(2 papers)

HO.RVI/157 Correspondence on transfer of Infirmary reports to Armstrong College Library including lists, 1935

(2 files)

St. Lukes Chapel.

HO.RVI/112 Register of burials, 1822 - 1845

Burials took place in the Infirmary's own burial ground. Also interment certificates for other burial grounds: - St. Anne's Church and East Ballast Hills, 1832 - 1849

HO.RVI/113 Register of baptisms, 1947 - 1980

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/114 Sermons preached at St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle before the Governors of the Infirmary, 1754 - 1777.

Sermons preached on the assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812, and the death of Queen Charlotte, 1818.

Abstracts of the Infirmary's accounts, 1751 - 1754.

Account of patients admitted, 1751 - 1754.

List of subscribers, [1756]

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/115/1-5 Sermons preached before the Governors of the Infirmary at St. Nicholas Church, 1751 - 1777

(3 booklets, 2 volumes)

HO.RVI/116/1-4 Register of services, 1947 - 1986

(4 volumes)

HO.RVI/158 Book of Common Prayer (1622) 1822 edition

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/170 Chapel Dispute, 1913

(1 file)

Patients Records

HO.RVI/117/1-2 Admission registers including date, in or outpatients, name, parish, hospital number, by whom recommended, physician or surgeon, length of illness, nature of illness, date of discharge, result of treatment, 1778 - 1788

(2 volumes)

See also HO.RVI/2/1-4, 6-11, 17-18 which contain admissions and discharges.

HO.RVI/118/1-6 Paying patients admission registers formerly Leazes Hospital admissions, 1942 - 1971

(6 volumes)

HO.RVI/119/1-23 Children's Department admissions registers, 1943 - 1964

(23 volumes)

HO.RVI/120/1-2 Admissions, children's wards, 8 and 16, 1965 - 1966

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/121/1-8 Children's outpatients registers, 1961 - 1977

(8 volumes)

HO.RVI/122/1-8 Outpatients registers, new cases and attendances, listing new cases and attendances statistically by either consultant or department, 1951 - 1970

(8 volumes)

HO.RVI/123/1-2 EMS outpatients, new cases and attendances listing new cases and attendances statistically by either consultant or department, 1936 - 1948

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/124/1-36 Inpatients registers, 1942 - 1973

(36 volumes)

HO.RVI/125/1-2 Patients registered, 1947

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/126 EMS Inpatients, 1943 - 1948

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/127/1-37 Alphabetical index of Inpatients, 1942 - 1979

(37 volumes)

HO.RVI/128/1-32 Death registers, 1942 - 1974

(32 volumes)

HO.RVI/208/1-3 Motor Accident cases registers, 1942 - 1971

(3 volumes)

These have been retained as an example.

HO.RVI/129 Leazes Hospital waiting list register, 1947 - 1949

(1 volume)

This has been retained as an example.

HO.RVI/130 "Black book" for registering the name of delinquents with the nature of their offence. The offence is generally leaving the hospital without permission or misbehaviour, 1803 - 1813

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/131 Nursing staff notes: - medical records of nursing staff admitted to hospital through illness, 1946 - 1947

(1 volume)

Medical notes of patients arranged by volume under individual consultants.

Samples from 1947 have been preserved just prior to the advent of the National Health Service and also from 1957, ten years after the beginning of the National Health Service.

HO.RVI/132/1-3 Mr. Arkle, opthamology, indexed 1947

(3 volumes)

HO.RVI/133 Mr. Bradshaw, dentistry, indexed 1947

(1 volume)

For Boon see HO.RVI/145

HO.RVI/134/1-5 Mr. Brumwell, surgeon, indexed, 1947

(5 volumes)

HO.RVI/135 Mr. Fegetter, surgeon, 1957

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/136/1-6 Mr. Gilmour, surgeon, 1947

(6 volume)

HO.RVI/137/1-5 Mr. Hewitson, surgeon, indexed 1947

(5 volumes)

HO.RVI/138/1-6 Mr. Hindmarsh, surgeon, indexed 1947

(6 volumes)

HO.RVI/139 Mr. Hodgson, surgeon, accident and emergency, 1947

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/140/1-5 Mr. Irvin, orthopaedics, indexed 1947

(5 volumes)

HO.RVI/141/1-5 Mr. McGuckin, ENT, 1947

(5 volumes)

HO.RVI/142/1-2 Dr. Thompson, skin department, 1947

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/143/1-4 Mr. Watts, surgeon, indexed, 1947 - 1957

(4 volumes)

HO.RVI/144/1-4 Mr. Whyte, surgeon, 1947

(4 volumes)

HO.RVI/145/1-12 Drs Ungley and Boon, 1946 - 1947

(12 volumes)

HO.RVI/146 "Dr. Philipson's" case book indicating illness and treatment, indexed by patient, 1868 - 1869

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/147 Post-mortem examinations, indexed by patients' name and by disease, 1853 - 1875

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/148/1-2 House visitors books, 1763 - 1835

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/197 House visitors chosen by number to visit the Infirmary, 1930 - 1939

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/198 Index to house visitors names, 1930 - 1939

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/199 Correspondence to remove body of Edward Gray, 25 Tyneside Gardens, Dunston from Bedlington Cemetery, following misidentification at Infirmary mortuary with body of Randle Green, July 1950.

(13 papers)

HO.RVI/164/1-2 Statistical tables of all cases treated by the Honorary Medical amd Surgical Staff, 1911 - 1912

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/207/1-2 Weekly returns of patients for House Committee meetings, 1954 - 1958

(2 volumes)

HO.RVI/181/1-8 Posters and notices, 1825 - 1870s

(8 papers)

HO.RVI/182 Book of poster specimens, 1934 - 1943

(1 volume)

Photographs and Drawings

HO.RVI/184 Last patients being transferred from the Infirmary at forth Banks to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, 1906

(1 photograph)

HO.RVI/185/1-4 Views of hospital nd. (1900s)

(4 photographs)

HO.RVI/186/1-4 Pencil drawings of hospitals by Graham Clivered, nd (c.1950s)

(4 papers)

HO.RVI/187 Ward 19 after being upgraded, 1950

(1 photograph)

HO.RVI/188 North to South Corridor within the Royal Victoria Infirmary, 1956

(1 photograph)

HO.RVI/206 Artist's impression of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, nd (c.1900)

(1 paper)

Miscellaneous

HO.RVI/189 What the Royal Victoria Infirmary has done and is doing in war time, nd (c.1916)

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/190 Invitation to the opening of the Pay-bed section by Mrs Stirling Newall, 1931

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/191 Victoria Hospital being the Pay-bed section of the Royal Victoria Infirmary 1931

(1 booklet)

HO.RVI/192 Programme for a Grand Concert to be given on the Town Moor on Race Sunday, 1931

(1 paper)

HO.RVI/193 Submission by the Royal Victoria Infirmary to the Minister of Health on A National Health Service, nd. (1947)

(1 volume)

HO.RVI/194/1-2 Programme for official opening of the Child Development Centre, 1971 and the Haemophilia Centre, 1980

(2 booklets)

HO.RVI/209 The Paintings at the Royal Victoria Infirmary by M H Armstrong Davison, 1965

(1 printed booklet)

Royal Victoria Infirmary

Accessions 672 (part), 1212, 1473, 2126, 2176, 2182, 2187, 2218, 2317, 3289 (part)

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In 1751 a public subscription was raised to fund an Infirmary for Newcastle. The foundation stone was laid on 5 September 1751 on a site at Forth Banks given by Newcastle Corporation.

As an interim measure until the hospital could be completed, a house was let in Gallowgate in May 1751 for the reception of patients. This contained 23 beds which soon had maximum occupancy and so rooms in adjoining houses had to be hired to meet the demand for admission. The Infirmary was ready for the reception of patients in October 1753.

By 1896 it was generally agreed that the Infirmary was too overcrowded and instead of extending the building at Forth Banks, it was decided to build a new hospital on the Leazes to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Money for this was raised again by public subscription John Hall, who died in June 1899, bequethed £100,000 on the understanding that the public subscription should raise another £100,000 which it soon did.

Designs by Messrs. W.L. Newcomb and Percy Adams were accepted and a contract for building the hospital for a sum of £203,527 was entered into. In 1901 Mr. Watson Armstrong and his wife donated a further £100,000 in memory of Lord Armstrong.

The foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales on 20 June 1900 and he, as King Edward VII, also opened the Royal Victoria Infirmary on 11 July 1906.

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