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BROOKWOOD HOSPITAL, WOKING, AND NETHERNE HOSPITAL, COULSDON: ADDITIONAL RECORDS, 1872 - 1986
Reference Number: 6906
Descriptive Information about the Record (click to expand) Provenance Deposited by Mrs K Haydon, a former employee of Brookwood Hospital, under the Public Records Act 1958, in November 2000. The records were originally kept in a deed box, which was rescued from the hospital by the depositor.
-Introduction The Surrey County Asylum at Brookwood opened in 1867 and the County Asylum at Netherne in 1909.
-The records - Related records For the principal previous deposits of records relating to Brookwood Hospital, 1823 - 1991, see Ac1523, 3043, 3637, 6186 and 6277, and for Netherne Hospital, 1890 - 1992, see 3491, 3540, 3576, 6230, 6376 and 6523.
-Access Conditions Records less than 30 years old and patient records less than 100 years old are closed to public access.
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sub series: 6906/ - Finance Date: 1875 - 1949 Letter to the Medical Superintendent of Brookwood Asylum from B F Lua... Title Letter to the Medical Superintendent of Brookwood Asylum from B F Luard, an Essex JP, asking about the weekly rate charged to the Surrey Unions for the maintenance of their lunatics in the asylum Reference 6906/5 Unit Date 22 Feb 1875 Start Date 18750222 End Date 18750222 Correspondence and papers relating to the Brookwood Hospital Benevole... Title Correspondence and papers relating to the Brookwood Hospital Benevolent Fund Reference 6906/6 Unit Date 1903 - 1949 Start Date 19030101 End Date 19491231 Papers relating to the rateable value of Brookwood Hospital property ... Title Papers relating to the rateable value of Brookwood Hospital property Reference 6906/7 Unit Date 1929 - 1936 Start Date 19290101 End Date 19361231
sub series: 6906/ - Accommodation Date: 1920 - 1937 Agreements between the Surrey County Council Lunatic Asylums Visiting... Title Agreements between the Surrey County Council Lunatic Asylums Visiting Committee, later Mental Hospitals Committee, and Edward Lunn and Frederick Hodgson, architects of Guildford, for provision of architectural services by them for building works at Brookwood and Netherne Hospitals. With letter from W J Allen of Bramley, accepting appointment as clerk of works at Netherne, 10 Dec 1930. 7 items Reference 6906/8 Unit Date Feb 1920 - Dec 1930 Start Date 19200200 End Date 19301200 Correspondence and plan relating to additional sanitary accommodation... Title Correspondence and plan relating to additional sanitary accommodation at Brookwood Hospital Reference 6906/9/1-2 Unit Date 1929 Start Date 19290101 End Date 19291231 Articles of agreement and financial papers relating to the contract f... Title Articles of agreement and financial papers relating to the contract for the erection of 4 villas for accommodation of patients at Brookwood Hospital. Contractor: The Building and Public Works Construction Company Limited, Swindon, Wilts Reference 6906/10 Unit Date 29 Dec 1930 - 16 Dec 1933 Start Date 19301229 End Date 19331216 Articles of agreement, specification, financial accounts and plan for... Title Articles of agreement, specification, financial accounts and plan for the construction of sewerage and drainage works at Brookwood Hospital. Contractor: The Building and Public Works Construction Company Limited, Swindon, Wilts Architect: Hodgson, Dixon and Quick, Guildford Reference 6906/11/1-2 Unit Date Jun 1931 - Mar 1933 Start Date 19310600 End Date 19330300 Specifications, contract, financial accounts, bond and plans relating... Title Specifications, contract, financial accounts, bond and plans relating to provision of central heating, hot water supplies, boiler, fire and other services at Brookwood and Netherne Hospitals. The plans show a villa for 40 patients and a convalescent home for 20 patients. Contractor: W N Mann and Co, Folkestone, Kent Consulting engineer: E Lancaster Burne, London Architect: Hodgson, Dixon and Quick, Guildford Reference 6906/12/1-4 Unit Date Aug 1931 - Mar 1933 Start Date 19310800 End Date 19330300 Specification, tenders, financial accounts and plan for the erection ... Title Specification, tenders, financial accounts and plan for the erection of occupational therapy hut for female patients at Brookwood Hospital. Contractor: H W Fisk, Godalming Architect: Hodgson, Dixon and Quick, Guildford Reference 6906/13/1-2 Unit Date Aug 1935 - Mar 1937 Start Date 19350800 End Date 19370300 Tenders, specifications and plans for extensions to Brookwood Hospita... Title Tenders, specifications and plans for extensions to Brookwood Hospital. The specifications are for six pairs of semi-detached cottages for staff, and the hospital for tubercular patients. The plans show the proposals for the sick hospital for 100 patients, the hospital for tubercular patients and the isolation block. Architect: F J Hodgson, Guildford Consulting engineer: E Lancaster Burne, London Reference 6906/14/1-8 Unit Date Jan 1937 - Aug 1937 Start Date 19370100 End Date 19370800
sub series: 6906/ - Property Date: 1925 - 1945 Correspondence and papers relating to the purchase and management of ... Title Correspondence and papers relating to the purchase and management of Cobbett's Farm, Bisley Reference 6906/15 Unit Date Jul 1925 - Jan 1938 Start Date 19250700 End Date 19380100 Correspondence and plan relating to allocation of a piece of land on ... Title Correspondence and plan relating to allocation of a piece of land on the Brookwood Hospital estate as the site for a police cottage Reference 6906/16 Unit Date Dec 1928 - Jun 1929 Start Date 19281200 End Date 19290600 Correspondence and papers relating to the purchase of 16 acres of lan... Title Correspondence and papers relating to the purchase of 16 acres of land at Brookwood, part of the Connaught Estate. Includes copy conveyance, and sale particulars with plan Reference 6906/17/1-2 Unit Date May 1929 - May 1930 Start Date 19290500 End Date 19300500 Agreement between Woking Electric Supply Company and Surrey County Co... Title Agreement between Woking Electric Supply Company and Surrey County Council for the supply of electricity to Murray House, Ottershaw. With schedule of property to be supplied Reference 6906/18 Unit Date 27 Aug 1932 Start Date 19320827 End Date 19320827 Volume containing pedigree certificates for the Brookwood herd of ped... Title Volume containing pedigree certificates for the Brookwood herd of pedigree middle white pigs, the property of the hospital Reference 6906/19 Unit Date Oct 1932 - Nov 1945 Start Date 19321000 End Date 19451100 Stores order book ... Title Stores order book Reference 6906/20 Unit Date Jun 1940 - Jul 1940 Start Date 19400600 End Date 19400700
sub series: 6906/ - Staff Date: 1872 - 1946 Memoranda from Maclachlan and Stewart, booksellers of Edinburgh, to D... Title Memoranda from Maclachlan and Stewart, booksellers of Edinburgh, to Dr M L Mitra, about sending pamphlets to London. 2 items Reference 6906/21 Unit Date 10 Jan 1872 & 11 Mar 1872 Start Date 18720110 End Date 18720311 Letter from E Roberts to Dr Swain enquiring about her husband John Ro... Title Letter from E Roberts to Dr Swain enquiring about her husband John Roberts. Dated 8 Feb, no year given Reference 6906/22 Unit Date nd [late 19th cent] Start Date 18670101 End Date 18991231 Correspondence and papers relating to salaries and pension provisions... Title Correspondence and papers relating to salaries and pension provisions for named staff under the Asylum Officers' Superannuation Act, 1909. Includes some details of careers and service at Brookwood Hospital Reference 6906/23 Unit Date Jan 1917 - Feb 1929 Start Date 19170100 End Date 19290200 Correspondence and agreements for nursing staff to be granted leave o... Title Correspondence and agreements for nursing staff to be granted leave of absence to undergo courses of general hospital training Reference 6906/24 Unit Date 1926 -1929 Start Date 19260101 End Date 19291231 Agreement for Cecil Beresford to be a junior assistant medical office... Title Agreement for Cecil Beresford to be a junior assistant medical officer at Netherne Hospital Reference 6906/25 Unit Date Apr 1932 Start Date 19320400 End Date 19320400 Clothing coupon book for B Godwin [perhaps a member of staff] ... Title Clothing coupon book for B Godwin [perhaps a member of staff] Reference 6906/26 Unit Date 1945-1946 Start Date 19450101 End Date 19461231
sub series: 6906/ - Patients Date: 1901 - 1986 Contracts between the Visiting Committee of the Surrey County Mental ... Title Contracts between the Visiting Committee of the Surrey County Mental Hospital at Brookwood, and the Visiting Committees of the Three Counties Asylum, Stotfold, Beds, Bristol Lunatic Asylum, Stapleton, Gloucs, City of Exeter Asylum, Exeter, Devon, and Dorset County Lunatic Asylum, Herrison, Dorset, for the reception into those asylums of Brookwood patients. 4 items Reference 6906/27 Unit Date 21 May 1901 - 30 Nov 1904 Start Date 19010521 End Date 19041130 Contract between the Visiting Committee of the Surrey County Mental H... Title Contract between the Visiting Committee of the Surrey County Mental Hospital at Brookwood, and the Visiting Committee of the West Ham Borough Asylum, Ilford, Essex, for the reception in the hospital of 30 female patients from West Ham Reference 6906/28 Unit Date May 1920 Start Date 19200500 End Date 19200500 Draft contract between the Visiting Committee of the Surrey County Me... Title Draft contract between the Visiting Committee of the Surrey County Mental Hospitals at Brookwood and Netherne and London County Council for the reception in the hospitals of 100 male pauper lunatics from London. With related correspondence Reference 6906/29 Unit Date Jun 1921 - Feb 1923 Start Date 19210600 End Date 19230200 Agreement for the maintenance of a private patient at Brookwood Hospi... Title Agreement for the maintenance of a private patient at Brookwood Hospital, with related correspondence Reference 6906/30 Unit Date Sep 1921 Start Date 19210900 End Date 19210900 Contract between the Visiting Committee of the Surrey County Mental H... Title Contract between the Visiting Committee of the Surrey County Mental Hospitals at Brookwood and Netherne and the Committee of Visitors of Napsbury Mental Hospital, Napsbury, Herts, for the reception in the hospitals of 50 female patients and 1 male patient. With related correspondence Reference 6906/31 Unit Date Oct 1922 - Feb 1923 Start Date 19221000 End Date 19230200 Correspondence with the Visiting Committee of Suffolk District Asylum... Title Correspondence with the Visiting Committee of Suffolk District Asylum relating to the reception contract for a female patient at Netherne Hospital Reference 6906/32 Unit Date Dec 1924 - Dec 1929 Start Date 19241200 End Date 19291200 Agreement for the maintenance of a private patient at Netherne Hospit... Title Agreement for the maintenance of a private patient at Netherne Hospital Reference 6906/33 Unit Date Oct 1943 Start Date 19431000 End Date 19431000 Folder containing: Notices of admission of temporary patients to Neth... Title Folder containing: Notices of admission of temporary patients to Netherne Hospital, Mar 1944 - Aug 1946; Applications for reception and notices of admission and discharge of temporary patients at Brookwood Hospital, Oct 1947 - May 1948; Copies of inquest reports on patients at Netherne Hospital, Feb 1944 - Jul 1946 Reference 6906/34 Unit Date Feb 1944 - May 1948 Start Date 19440200 End Date 19480500 West Surrey and North East Hampshire Health Authority: file of instru... Title West Surrey and North East Hampshire Health Authority: file of instructions for nursing procedures in the treatment of patients Reference 6906/35 Unit Date 1974 - 1986 Start Date 19740101 End Date 19861231
Folder containing: Signed minutes of special sub-committee on providi... Title Folder containing: Signed minutes of special sub-committee on providing additional mental hospital accommodation, 6 Jul and 2 Nov 1936; Copy minutes of Lunatic Asylums Visiting Committee, 21 Dec 1914, and finance and general purposes sub-committee of Lunatic Asylums Visiting Committee, 28 Jun 1915; Signed minutes of special sub-committee to consider revision of salaries paid to asylum employees on active service, 8 Jul 1915; Schedule of insurance money belonging to deceased asylum employees (on active service), 1917-1919; Signed minutes of special sub-committee to appoint a clerk and steward on the staff of Netherne Hospital, 30 Jun 1948 Reference 6906/1 Unit Date 21 Dec 1914 - 30 Jun 1948 Start Date 19141221 End Date 19480630 Signed minutes and reports of special sub-committees on providing add... Title Signed minutes and reports of special sub-committees on providing additional mental hospital accommodation for patients at Brookwood and Netherne Hospitals, 15 Oct 1926-8 Feb 1932 and 27 Aug 1938 Reference 6906/2 Unit Date 15 Oct 1926 - 27 Aug 1938 Start Date 19261015 End Date 19380827 Extracts from the general rules for the Surrey County Lunatic Asylums... Title Extracts from the general rules for the Surrey County Lunatic Asylums at Brookwood and Netherne, relating to the treasurer and assistant medical officers, signed by the chairman of the Visiting Committee and approved by the Minister of Health Reference 6906/3 Unit Date 1921 - 1926 Start Date 19210101 End Date 19261231 Volume labelled 'Index to Brookwood Deed Box', including items listed... Title Volume labelled 'Index to Brookwood Deed Box', including items listed in this catalogue Reference 6906/4 Unit Date nd [20th cent] Start Date 19000101 End Date 19991231
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