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Hospital

South Tyneside District Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Harton Institution and Hospital
South Shields General Hospital
Address
Harton Lane, South Shields, NE34 0PL
Foundation Year
1880
Status
Closed (since 1993)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Management Committee (1948-1974)
South Shields
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Northern
District Authority (1974-1982)
South Tyneside
District Authority (Post-1982)
South Tyneside
Pre-1974 County
Durham
Post-1974 County
Tyne and Wear
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PL: 1880 - 1930.
LA: 1930 - 1948.

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

Originally, the General Hospital was built by the South Shields Poor Law Union as a workhouse hospital, which opened in 1880. Harton Institution and Hospital, as it was known, passed into the control of South Shields Corporation on 1 April 1930, but it was not until 1 April 1937 that the hospital became a separate General Hospital. In April 1993 South Tyneside District Hospital became its successor with the establishment of South Tyneside Health Care Trust

Record locations

  • Tyne and Wear Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1877 - 1993
    General
    1966 - 1983
    Finance
    1889 - 1977
    Nursing
    1914 - 1982
    Staff
    1907 - 1945
    Admission
    1897 - 1975
    Clinical
    1908 - 1975
    Ephemera
    1877 - 1988
    Pictorial
    1928 - 1993
    Other
    1969 - 1975

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    HO.SSG.Tape recordings of official openings of Diagnostic Centre 1969, Maternity Unit 1975
    Maternity registers of the South Shields Record Office form a continuous series from 1919 General Hospital deliveries