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Hospital

Newcastle Hospital for Diseases of the Throat Nose and Ear

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Details

Previous Names
Newcastle Upon Tyne Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
Address
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Previous Locations
5 Saville Row (1877 - 1878)
1 Clayton Street (1878 - c.1894)
96 Ryehill (1894 - 1906)
20 Brighton Grove (? - ?)
Foundation Year
1877
Status
Closed

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
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
Northumberland
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Other
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: Ear, nose and throat.
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
Other: Ear, Nose and Throat

Other information

In 1877 a Throat and Ear Infirmary to give free treatment to the poor was established at 5 Saville Row, Newcastle. A year later another charitable institution for the treatment of throat and ear diseases was established at 1 Clayton Street, Newcastle. This was the Newcastle Hospital for Diseases of the Throat and Ear, which expanded its premises to include 20, Brighton Grove some time before 1894. From these two institutions eventually emerged the Hospital for the Diseases of the Throat, Nose and Ear, situated at 96, Rye Hill some time between 1894 and 1906. In 1948 the Hospital was taken over by the National Health Service, and run by the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital Management committee as part of what later became known as the Newcastle General Group of Hospitals. In 1964 the treatment of ear, nose and throat diseases was discontinued at Rye Hill and patients were referred to the new ENT Department at Newcastle General Hospital instead. In 1965 the Rye Hill site became a Dialysis Un

Record locations

  • Tyne and Wear Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1906 - 1948
    General
    1906 - 1948
    Finance
    1936 - 1948

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)