London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 

U. of London, 

50 Bedford Square, 

London, WC1B 3DP, United Kingdom

Website: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London WC1E 7HT
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7299 4646
Fax +44 (0) 20 7299 4656
Email: registry@lshtm.ac.uk
Website: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study
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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is an affiliate of the University of London. It was established in 1899 as the London School of Tropical Medicine. It became a Royal Charter and was renamed the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1924.

1924 - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine established by Royal Charter
1899 - London School of Tropical Medicine

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Picture of Malet Street thanks to Wikipedia:Secretlondon from Wikimedia Commons and Ookaboo!

Most doctors continued to do their postgraduate studies at the LSHTM as Malaya (now Malaysia) is regarded a "tropical" country when it is actually a little north of the equator.

Diseases of the tropics are plenty and these have been studied and continue to be studied at the LSHTM. 

After passing exams conducted by the LSHTM, doctors obtained their first postgraduate degree, i.e., Diploma in Public Health (DPH). The duration of study was approximately two years.


Malaya had sent its students to the LSHTM from 1950 onward. The first student who received the Queens' Scholarship to do postgraduate studies at LSHTM was (Tan Sri) Dr Abdul Majid bin Ismail, who became the second Director-General of Health Malaysia.


LSHTM contact address:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 

Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7636 8636Location: Bloomsbury, London, WC1, UK

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Archive: University of London Student Records (1836-1930)

Checking historical data of the University of London Archive

For verification of dates of passing postgraduate exams such as conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), I had to e-mail the LSHTM and request assistance since I cannot go to London for many reasons (teaching mostly). 

Now, some of the documents are available online and it is worth sifting through the archived data of the University of London to find if there were those whose names were missed in the December 2010 search.

An advantage for searching is to know how the names of the early Malay doctors were spelled, and the approximate year they were at the LSHTM.

Even though data is accessible online by the public under the Freedom of Information Act, some data sets have an 85-year data protection which means I cannot check these particular data sets online. Some data are only accessible if the student or person involved has died.

I e-mailed the LSHTM for assistance and mentioned the urgency. LSHTM was helpful and had responded positively for a search I requested for all the early Malay doctors who could have done postgraduate studies at the LSHTM between 1950 and 1957. A response to assist was received immediately by e-mail just prior to Christmas 2010. By New Year 2011, I had the list of the early Malay doctors who had done their postgraduate studies at the LSHTM.

The Summary Guide for searching the University of London archives is here:
http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/Summaryguide.pdf