| ID | 22493 |
|---|---|
| Reference | |
| Description | 1 volume of Royal Victoria Hospital and Maternity Hospital Minutes: 1927-1944 The minutes cover the amalgamation of the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Maternity Hospital which occurred in 1931and refer to the increased demand for hospital beds in the Maternity Hospital. For example, 'The demand for admissions had increased greatly since 1920, when 8% of Belfast births were in hospital. This had risen to 44% in 1942', 22 April 1944. |
| Access | By prior appointment, some restrictions may apply. |
| Date | 1927-1944 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Note | Useful publications are R.S.J. Clarke, The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast: A History, 1797-1997 (Belfast, 1997) and Peggy Donaldson, Yes Matron - A History of Nurses and Nursing at the Royal Victoria Hospital (Belfast, 1988). |
| Repository Name | Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast |
| Address | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter Belfast |
| UK Postal Code | BT3 9HQ |
| Telephone | +44 28-9053-4800 |
| Email Address | proni@communities-ni.gov.uk |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/public-record-office-n... |
| Comment | Staff of the Women's History Project constructed an outline list of the material held in this repository. Due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually. The records of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, are now held in PRONI. |
| latitude | 54.60430 |
| longitude | -5.91036 |