Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow
Reference HB 42
Dates of Creation 1884-1992
Name of Creator Ruchill Hospital (hospital: 1900-1998: Glasgow)
Language of Material English
Physical Description 5 metres
Scope and Content
Registers, 1937-1989;
Indexes, 1937-1959;
Miscellaneous, 1884-1995;
Plans, 1892-1992;
Case notes, 1935-1960.
Administrative / Biographical History
Opened in 1900 as a Glasgow Corporation infectious diseases hospital, Ruchill initially had 440 beds. By 1915 272 beds had been added for tuberculosis patients. It had 1,000 beds when it was absorbed into the National Health Service in 1948, under the Glasgow Northern Hospitals Board of Management. Ruchill was placed in the Northern District of the Greater Glasgow Health Board in 1974. The number of in-patients was 586 in 1975, 445 in 1980 and 280 in 1990. The hospital's scope changed after 1960 as young chronic sick, geriatric and psychiatric patients were catered for whilst tuberculosis and other infectious disease patients became few in number. Ruchill Hospital was closed in 1998.
Conditions Governing Access
There is a 75 year closure period on medical records of adults, and a 100 year closure period on medical records of minors.
Appraisal Information
Appraised according to standard procedures.
Accruals
None expected.
Related Material
HB 32: Records of Glasgow Northern Hospitals Board of Management/District; HB 55: Records of Greater Glasgow Health Board; HB 28: Records of Western Regional Hospital Board, Glasgow; HB 102: Papers of John Emslie
Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow
Reference HB 42
Dates of Creation 1884-1992
Name of Creator Ruchill Hospital (hospital: 1900-1998: Glasgow)
Language of Material English
Physical Description 5 metres
Scope and Content
Registers, 1937-1989;
Indexes, 1937-1959;
Miscellaneous, 1884-1995;
Plans, 1892-1992;
Case notes, 1935-1960.
Administrative / Biographical History
Opened in 1900 as a Glasgow Corporation infectious diseases hospital, Ruchill initially had 440 beds. By 1915 272 beds had been added for tuberculosis patients. It had 1,000 beds when it was absorbed into the National Health Service in 1948, under the Glasgow Northern Hospitals Board of Management. Ruchill was placed in the Northern District of the Greater Glasgow Health Board in 1974. The number of in-patients was 586 in 1975, 445 in 1980 and 280 in 1990. The hospital's scope changed after 1960 as young chronic sick, geriatric and psychiatric patients were catered for whilst tuberculosis and other infectious disease patients became few in number. Ruchill Hospital was closed in 1998.
Conditions Governing Access
There is a 75 year closure period on medical records of adults, and a 100 year closure period on medical records of minors.
Appraisal Information
Appraised according to standard procedures.
Accruals
None expected.
Related Material
HB 32: Records of Glasgow Northern Hospitals Board of Management/District; HB 55: Records of Greater Glasgow Health Board; HB 28: Records of Western Regional Hospital Board, Glasgow.