Society of X-Ray Technology

Records of the society from their foundation through to their amalgamation with the Institute of Hospital Engineers in 1990, comprising minutes, correspondence, membership information and journals.

The Institute of X-Ray Engineers was formed in 1944 in Liverpool. Soon afterwards the name was changed to the Society of X-Ray Technology, and branches were set up throughout the United Kingdom. Membership of the society was open to engineers, radiographers, technicians and physicists who worked with x-ray technology.

The Society aimed to promote the practice of x-ray and allied technologies and to take an active part in the activities of the Engineers Registration Board. It did this through publishing a journal and arranging lectures and presentations on a comprehensive range of subjects. Additionally, the society presented the William E. Schall award to the most original contribution to the journal each year. This award was named after was the first President of the society, William Ernest Schall, who remained an active member until his death in 1965.

Due to changes in the engineering profession, it was eventually decided that the society would need to become part of a larger body to survive. In 1990 they joined the Institute of Hospital Engineers (IHE), which has since changed its name to The Institute of Hospital Engineering and Estate Management. (IHEEM).