LEG - Papers concerning patient complaints and legal actions - Catalogue of the records held at Bethlem Museum of the Mind

Series LEG - Papers concerning patient complaints and legal actions

Date Range	c. 1770 - c. 1995, 1770s, c1815, c1914-1921, 1935-1938 and c1985-1995
Quantity	162.2 cm, 33 boxes, files and bundles
Provenance	Bethlem Royal Hospital
Access	Partially closed until 1 January 2096
Related Series
Part of	04 Correspondence

Inventory Listing

LEG-01	Documents filed at court in claim against hospital brought by James Lister
	This item contains references to: Lister, James; legal procedure. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Control D Date range c. 1770 - c. 1779 Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats Legal Documents Inventory Identifier LEG-01 Series Box Number E6-3 Series LEG
LEG-02	Documents filed at court in the matter of Mary Lewis
	This item contains references to: legal procedure; Lewis, Mary. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range c. 1815 Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats Legal Documents Inventory Identifier LEG-02 Series Box Number E6-3 Series LEG
LEG-03	Solicitors' papers concerning patient deaths from amylene hydrate
	This item contains references to: legal procedure. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range c. 1914 - 1936, c1914-1921 and 1936 Quantity 22 cm, 1 box Formats Legal Documents Inventory Identifier LEG-03 Series Box Number E5-3 Series LEG
LEG-04	Papers concerning complaint of Mary Olive Dunlop
	Includes correspondence, reports and x-rays. This item contains references to: Dunlop, Mary Olive; letter writing. Previously closed to 01/01/2023 Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 22 December 1935 - 13 January 1938 Quantity 50 cm, 1 box Formats General Correspondence, Reports and Loose Photographic Prints Inventory Identifier LEG-04 Series Box Number H7-4 Series LEG
LEG-30	Legal papers regarding legal action taken and advice sought by the hospitals
	Includes; Case for the opinion and advice of Mr Gurney regarding the dismissal of Dr Knight, superintendant and apothecary of Bethlem Hospital. Exparte Bethlem Hospital case regarding the continued reception of pauper lunatics, including correspondence from Mr Still of Lincolns Inn to A M Jeaffreson. Clarke vs Denham, case against the contractors for the erection of the criminal winh of the hospital in Southwark. Hobson vs Blackburn, case that £237.9.6 be paid to Bethlem Creator Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals Date range 1815 - 1856 Quantity 4 cm, 1 bundle Formats Legal Documents Inventory Identifier LEG-30 Series Box Number E6-1 Series LEG
LEG-31	Printed copy of the decision of the Court of the Queen's Bench against the rates charged by the Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark
	Judgement of the special case submitted to the Court of Queen's Bench for decision on the appeals of the Governors pf Bridewell and Bethlem hospitals against the rating of those institutions to the relief of the poor by the parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark delivered by the right honourable The Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court. Creator Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals Date range 7 July 1847 Quantity 0.2 cm, 2 booklets Formats Legal Documents Inventory Identifier LEG-31 Series Box Number E6-3 Series LEG

Published by the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, 14 May 2014
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