Tyne and Wear Archives Service
Record types
- Administrative
- 1940 - 1961
- General
- 1948 - 1948
- Admission
- 1949 - 1961
- Ephemera
- 1940 - 1954
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
Hospital
Sheriff Hill Isolation Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Address
- Sheriff Hill, Gateshead
- Foundation Year
- 1880
- Status
- Closed (since 1964)
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Gateshead and District
- 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
- Durham
- Post-1974 County
- Not Applicable
- Post-1996 County
- Not applicable
Status
- Pre-1948
- Local Authority
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- Isolation
- Post-1948
- Other
- Post-1948 information
- OTHER: c.1955 - 1956 Tuberculosis and chest, c.1961 - ? Orthopaedics and dermatology.
Other information
Associated with Hexham General Hospital. The Hospital was built in 1880 and extended upon in 1904. In July 1948 ownership of the hospital passed from the local authority to Gateshead and District Management Committee, in accordance with the National Health Service Act, 1946.