Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- San Diego County Hospital Records
- Dates:
- 1912-1954 (bulk 1940-1942)
- Creators:
- San Diego County Hospital
- Abstract:
- Records of the San Diego County Hospital. This collection comprises hospital registers, discharge records and service analysis ledgers, as well as birth and death registers. The materials range between 1912 and 1954, with the bulk dating between 1940 and 1942.
- Extent:
- 3.8 Linear feet (1 archive box, 3 flatboxes, 6 oversize bound volumes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
-
San Diego County Hospital Records, MSS 502. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The San Diego County Hospital Records are arranged alphabetically by document type and chronologically thereafter. The Birth Register (1945-1954) lists name, mother, father, doctor, and birth date, and the Death Register (September 1941-December 1942) includes name and race. The Discharge Record and Service Analysis ledgers date from 1940 to 1951, minus the records between January 1943 to March 1951. Likewise, the Hospital Registers dated 1912-1926 are missing the years 1914 and 1915. The Summary of Patient Days (February 1941-December 1942) compiles statistics about the age, sex, and number of patients. Some summaries of patient days were originally included with the Discharge Record and Service Analysis ledgers and were left there.
- Biographical / historical:
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The San Diego County Hospital, in existence since 1869, was originally located in Old Town. By 1889, the hospital was relocated to Mission Valley, and in 1904 a new three story County Hospital building was opened in San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood. In the early 1960s, a new facility for the hospital was built on the same site and leased in 1966 to the UCSD School of Medicine, who renamed it University Hospital. Fifteen years later, UCSD bought the facility and give it its current name: the UCSD Medical Center.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired 1989-1990.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-22 09:12:42 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Material in this collection containing protected health information are restricted. Researchers may request, from the Director of Special Collections & Archives, that redacted copies be produced.
- Terms of access:
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Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
- Preferred citation:
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San Diego County Hospital Records, MSS 502. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
- Location of this collection:
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9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
- Contact:
- (858) 534-2533