Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Record types
- Administrative
- 1901 - 1940
- General
- 1901 - 1940
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
- Details
- At Repository: CAT: HI7
Hospital
Hitchin Smallpox Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Langley Smallpox Hospital (1902 - ?)
- Address
- Langley
- Foundation Year
- 1902
- Status
- Closed
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- Not Applicable
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Not Applicable
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- Not Applicable
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- Not Applicable
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Not Applicable
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Not Applicable
- Pre-1974 County
- Hertfordshire
- Post-1974 County
- Not Applicable
- Post-1996 County
- Not applicable
Status
- Pre-1948
- Voluntary
Type
- Pre-1948
- Isolation
Other information
Langley Smallpox Hospital was opened in 1902 by the Hitchin Joint Hospital Board (known as the North Hertfordshire Joint Hospital Board from 1932) to deal with all smallpox cases in the Hitchin and Letchworth area. The Hitchin Joint Hospital Board consisted of representatives of Hitchin Rural District Council and Hitchin and Letchworth Urban District Councils. The Smallpox Hospital was a daughter institution of the Letchworth and Hitchin Isolation Hospital.