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Hospital

The Deans Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
The Deans Isolation Hospital (1883 - c.1948)
Address
Dean Road, South Shields, NE33 5LG
Foundation Year
1883
Status
Open

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
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Isolation, Tuberculosis
Post-1948
Geriatric, Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Tuberculosis, Chronic care.

Other information

The Deans Isolation Hospital was founded in 1883 with 57 beds and is recorded in Burdetts Hospitals and Charities 1929 as being under the management of South Shields County Borough for the treatment of infectious diseases, other than smallpox. After 1948 it specialised in the treatment of tuberculosis. Its function was subsequently changed in about 1967 to the treatment of chronic illness.

Record locations

  • Tyne and Wear Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1929 - 1970
    General
    1967 - 1970
    Staff
    1929 - 1934

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)