Bangour Patient Case Files

Individual case files for patients (35 male and 47 female) transferred to Crichton Royal Hospital from Edinburgh District Asylum, Bangour between 1939 and 1941. Case files contain patient admission details, including original admission date to Bangour, in some cases details of patient's physical and mental condition, followed by dated case note entries concerning treatment and progress. Additional material is attached in some cases, including clinical records such as details of Cerletti's treatment (ECT) forms, laboratory test results, X-ray reports, administrative papers and correspondence.

1939-1941

82 files

During the Second World War a large number of patients were transferred to Crichton Royal Hospital when they were evacuated from Edinburgh District Asylum at Bangour. The first 150 patients arrived on 30 August 1939, leading to pressures on both hospital staff and accommodation. On 18 November 1941 a further 66 patients arrived.

Bangour Village Hospital records, LHB44, are held by Lothian Health Service Archive.

Enquiries for reproduction for commercial purposes should be directed to the Archivist, Dumfries and Galloway Archives and Local Studies

The papers are available at Dumfries and Galloway Archives subject to conditions of UK Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and NHS Records Management Code of Practice 2012. Subject to these restrictions, this material is being digitised by the University of Glasgow as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project. Material that is digitised will be accessed freely online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.