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Name
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Present name
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Barnsley Hall Hospital
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Previous name(s)
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Worcestershire Mental Hospital (by 1929 - 1947)
Barnsley Hall Mental Hospital (1948 reference)
Barnsley Hall Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases (1949 - 1966)
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Address
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Stourbridge Road Bromsgrove B61 0EU
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Foundation Year
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1903
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Closed
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Yes
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Closure year
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1996
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Administrative authorities
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Regional Hospital Board (1948-74)
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Birmingham
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Hospital Management Committee (1948-74)
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Mid Worcestershire
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Regional Health Authority (1974-82)
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West Midlands
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Regional Health Authority (1982- )
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West Midlands
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District Health Authority (1974-82)
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Bromsgrove/Redditch
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District Health Authority (1982- )
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Bromsgrove and Redditch () North Worcestershire ()
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County (before 1974)
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Worcestershire
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County (1974-1996)
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Worcestershire
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County (after 1996)
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Not applicable
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Status
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Pre 1948
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Private, Local Authority
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Post 1948
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NHS
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Type
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Pre 1948
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Mental
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Post 1948
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Mental
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Other information
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In 1929 the hospital had a nominal capacity of 638, and employed 50 male and 54 female attendants to oversee a daily average of 703 patients. The average weekly cost per patients was 21s, recovered from the 22s 7d charged per week, paid quarterly in advance. Private patients were charged 35s per week, also paid quartery in advance. Byu the time the hospital closed in 1996 the number of beds had shrunk to 45.
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Records can be found at:
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Record type
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Date range
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Administrative
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1896 - 1995
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General
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1898 - 1981
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Admission & Discharge
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1903 - 1981
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Staff
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-
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Ephemera
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1902 - 1995
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Pictorial
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1896 - 1957
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Clinical & Patients
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1903 - 1982
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Finding aids
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Finding aids
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Brief Guide(BG)
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Location of finding aids
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At Repository(AR), Local Record Office (LRO)
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Details
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County RO and St Helen's RO
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Notes
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Staff records C20th
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Record type
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Date range
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Administrative
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1898 - 1986
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General
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1899 - 1986
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Finance
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1904 - 1986
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Estates
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-
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Admission & Discharge
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1904 - 1986
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Ephemera
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1903 - 1935
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Pictorial
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-
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Clinical & Patients
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1890 - 1995
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Finding aids
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Finding aids
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Brief Guide(BG), Catalogue
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Location of finding aids
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At Repository(AR)
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Details
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