LEITH HOSPITAL
Origins lie in the Edinburgh and Leith Humane Society, 1788. A dispensary opened in 1815 followed by a casualty hospital in 1837. Both combined to form Leith Hospital in 1848, which was formally incorporated in 1907. Thereafter it served as a general hospital for men, women and children and included an accident unit. Women medical students were admitted for clinical instruction in 1886. Leith Hospital became part of the Edinburgh Northern Hospitals under the South Eastern Regional Hospital Board. From 1974, it was part of the North Lothian District of Lothian Health Board. The hospital closed in 1987 and functions were transferred to Western General Hospital.
Archival History: Records held within the National Health Service prior to transfer
Immediate Source of Acquisition or Transfer: Leith Hospital Administrator, May 1986
From the “Edinburgh Almanack 1829 entry for the Leith Dispensary and Humane Society.
Publication Note:
Boyd, David H.A. Leith Hospital 1848-1988 Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1990
Hoy, Christine A Beacon in Our Town: The Story of Leith Hospital Edinburgh, 1988
For further information please go to-
http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk
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TRained as a R.G.N. @ Leith hospital 1948-1951/2. Any info that period?
Comment by M.Eveleigh — 2/3/2005 @ 8:32 pm
I trained in Leith Hospital,1950-1953.staffed for one year in ward4..They were truly happy days and we were given support by Miss Mitchell.(matron)Although I left leith to go to that other place(Glasgow and nursed there for 38yrs.I have never forgotten Leith Hospital and all the staff I knew,and ofcourse the motto PERSEVERE.
Wilma Hogg (East Kilbride)
Comment by wilma hogg — 2/19/2005 @ 3:53 pm
I was just browsing because this morning I met for coffee two nurses trained in Leith. I got my certificate in 1955 . I married and went to live in New Zealand. I felt without the training I got in Leith I could not have succeded in N.Z
Comment by Antonia Hanna — 2/28/2005 @ 4:49 am