Perth Royal Infirmary

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Bye-laws and Regulations, 1880-1940; Chartulary, 1807-1934; Perth Infirmary Annual Reports, 1838-1947; Minute Books, 1834-1948; Financial Records, 1838-1961; Patient Records, 1838-1993; Staff Records, 1895-1990; Perth Royal Infirmary Social Club, 1976-1986; Correspondence, 1834-1940; Newspaper Books and Articles, 1914-1998; Visitors Book, 1914-1993; Printing Blocks. n.d.; Photographs, c 1900-1970; Maps and Plans, 1931.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Perth City and County Infirmary was completed and open to patients on 1st October 1838. The building was designed by city architect William Macdonald Mackenzie (1797-1856) in the Grecian style of architecture. The hospital was funded by contributions and subscriptions and the original cost of the land and buildings was £ 6812-15-3 ½ and continued to be supported by congregational collections, donations from individuals and by a number of legacies.

After various additions and alterations to the hospital, a new building was erected with the original building now housing the A.K. Bell Library. The new Perth Royal Infirmary was built in 1914 in Taymount Terrace and cost £ 36,000, largely from donations, subscriptions and fund-raising. The P.R.I is still in use as a hospital today.

Arrangement

Records are arranged chronologically within series

Access Information

Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

Acquisition Information

The records were removed from a store room at Perth Royal Infirmary and were stored near Bridge of Earn and Pitlochry records, making it difficult to tell some of them apart. They were deposited in 2006.

Note

Information for Administrative / Biographical History section was taken from http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record and 'The History of Perth from the Earliest Period ot the Present Time' by T.H. Marshall.