Pre-NHS Prescriptions: various

Prescriptions dispensed to various individuals by chemists in Central London, Harrow, Nottingham and Taunton, covering 1918-1946:

1-3 Patient M H: prescriptions made out for Miss M H, 1874-1964, by Dr Cecil Webb-Johnson of 20 Upper Wimpole Street, W1. Each in printed envelopes of, and stamped by, John Bell & Croyden, 50 Wigmore Street, London, W1, and addressed to Lady Emily Lutyens, 13 Mansfield Street. Dated 10 Feb 1928, 18 and 25 Feb 1929.

4 Patient R: One prescription made out for Miss R by Dr W J McKeand of 14 Arlington Street, Piccadilly, SW1. In printed envelope of, and stamped by, Pope Roach & Son, Chemists to His Majesty the King and the Royal Family, 71 St James's Street, London, SW1, and addressed to Miss R, c/o 20 St James's Place, 8 Jul 1933

5-6 Patient O: Two prescriptions made out for Miss O, by Dr H Neil Maclay of 21 South Eaton Place, SW1. In printed envelope of Moore & Co, Dispensing Chemists, 45 Craven Road, Lancaster Gate, London, W2. Dated 29 May and 1 Jun 1934.

7-16 The M and M families 1918-1946:

7/7 [W] [S]airlle] of 1 Spencer Place Roundhay Road, Leeds. In printed envelope of, and stamped by, Reynolds & Branson Ltd, Dispensing Chemists, 14 Commercial Street and 13 Briggate, Leeds.

7/8 Reginald S T Sandberg of Glenfield, 431 Pinner Road, Harrow. In printed envelope of, and stamped by, Morrell & Dixon MPS, Pharmacists & Dispensing Chemists, 5 Broadway Parade, North Harrow, Middlesex.

7/9 Eight prescriptions made out for Mr and Mrs M of 37 Kingsfield Avenue by: C White of St Julians, Kingsfield Avenue, North Harrow. In printed envelope of, and stamped by Morrell & Dixon MPS, Pharmacists & Dispensing Chemists, 5 Broadway Parade, North Harrow, Middlesex.

7/10 `Dad' (sic) of 124 Harehills Avenue, Leeds, `to George'. In printed envelope of, and stamped by, J G Robinson, Pharmaceutical and Photographic Chemist, successor to Morrell & Dixon [at the address above, GC/61/9].

7/11 Reginald S T Sandberg, LDS, RCSEng, of Glenfield, 431 Pinner Road, Harrow. In printed envelope of, and stamped by, J G Robinson [ditto GC/61/10].

7/12 C E White of ?[unknown], [copy of prescription written on plain paper]. In printed envelope of J G Robinson [ditto GC/61/10].

7/13 C White of ?[unknown], [copy of prescription on J G Robinson notepaper]. In printed envelope of J G Robinson Chemists Ltd, Dispensing Chemists, [at address above, GC/61/9].

7/14 A Lawrie, Lieut RAMC of 36 Arboretum Street, Nottingham. In printed envelope of, and stamped by, Timothy Whites & Taylors, Dispensing Chemists, 101 Haydn Road, Sherwood, Nottingham. Also stamped by F R Cooke MPS, Photographic and Dispensing Chemist, The Woodthorpe Pharmacy, Woodthorpe, Notts.

7/15 E White of ?[unknown], [copy of prescription on notepaper of J G Robinson & Sons, Dispensing and Photographic Chemists]. In printed envelope of, and stamped by, F R Cooke MPS, Dispensing and Photographic Chemist, The Woodthorpe Pharmacy, Thackeray's Lane, Woodthorpe, Nottingham. Also stamped by Timothy White & Taylors, 95 Northgate, New Basford, Nottingham.

7/16 ?[V] Walters of 3 Hovelands, Trull Road, Taunton. In printed envelope of, and stamped by, W H Maunder & Son Ltd, Dispensing Chemists and Opticians, 47 North Street, Taunton.

GC/61/1-3

Originally in the possession of Mrs Alice Rayfield (née Hall), and given by her to Dr N Naunton Davies, West Malling, Kent, who donated them to the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in 1982 (Acc 162).

GC/61/1/4

This item was presented to the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine Library in 1985, by Mrs A R of Maidstone, Kent, and transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (Acc 197).

GC/61/1/5-6

Acquired by the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine Library. Provenance unknown (Acc 336).

GC/61/7-16

These items were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in Sep 1997 by the Royal College of General Practitioners, which originally received them from Dr D S H Cannon of Watford, Hertfordshire in Mar 1977 (Acc 732 part).