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Details
Previous Names
Victoria Infirmary (by 1929 - 1949 at the latest)
Victoria Infirmary and Clinic (by 1950 - c.1975)
Address
Winnington Hill, Northwich, CW8 1AN
Current Trust
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust (since 1991)
Foundation Year
1886
Status
Open
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
North and Mid-Cheshire
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Mersey
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Mersey
District Authority (1974-1982)
Crewe
District Authority (Post-1982)
Crewe
Pre-1974 County
Cheshire
Post-1974 County
Cheshire
Post-1996 County
Cheshire
Status
Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: General practitioner medicine, with various specialties.
Other information
The Infirmary was a voluntary hospital, opened in 1886 for the treatment of accident victims. Its principal benefactor was Robert Verdin, MP, who presented the building for the use of the town in 1887. Other wealthy industrialists, such as the Brunners and the Monds also supported it generously. In 1898 a branch was opened at Winsford, called the Albert Infirmary. In 1896 the Infirmary could accommodate 14 patients; this figure grew to 25 in 1910 and 36 by 1928. A new wing was added in 1902, a children's ward in 1924, and there were further extensions in 1931, 1936 and 1939. The bed complement in 1983 was 44. From its foundation until 1948 the Infirmary was administered by a Board of Management. With the advent of the Naitonal Health Service in 1948 it became part of North and Mid-Cheshire Hospital Management Committee, being transferred to the South Cheshire HMC in 1968. From 1954 to 1968 the Infirmary was linked with Davenham Isolation Hospital under one House Committee. With the reform of the NHS in 1974 it became part of the Crewe Health District of Cheshire Area Health Authority. On the abolition of that body in 1982 it became a part of Crewe District Health Authority.