Tyne and Wear Archives Service
Record types
- Clinical
- 1940 - 1947
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
- Details
- HO.EI
Hospital
Thorpe Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Easington Institution; Easington Public Assistance Institution
- Thorpe Isolation Hospital
- Thorpe Maternity Hospital
- Address
- Peterlee, SR8 3UG
- Foundation Year
- 1885 (approximately)
- Status
- Open
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Sunderland Area
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- Northern
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- Northern
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Sunderland
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Sunderland
- Pre-1974 County
- Durham
- Post-1974 County
- Tyne and Wear
Status
- Pre-1948
- Local Authority, Poor Law
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- Isolation, Maternity, Other
- Pre-1948 information
- Other: Chronic sick/ 1939-45 103 beds reserved for casualties under the Emergency Hospital Scheme
Other information
Owned by Durham Cuunty Council prior to NHS; 1946 Ministry of Health 'Survey of Hospital Services in the North Eastern Area' described it as 'one ofthe best of the public assistance institutions of the country council before the war'