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Hospital

Farnworth Fever Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Farnworth Infectious Diseases Hospital
Address
Carlton Street, Farnworth
Foundation Year
1896
Status
Closed (since 1924)

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
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: Farnworth Metropolitan Borough.

Type

Pre-1948
Isolation

Other information

This is the hospital that has (possibly incorrectly) been described as the origin of Bolton General Hospital, although no mention of this is made in the 1981 UMIST survey, which treats the hospitals as distinct. This hospital was opened in 1895 to serve the Urban Districts of Farnworth, Little Hulton and Little Lever. It was administered by a Joint Hospital Committee, made up of representatives from all three districts. The hospital was built on an open field site in Carlton Street, to the east of the main Bolton and Manchester railway line. The Hospital closed on 31st December 1924. Other records relating to the administration of the hospital, including the minutes of the Hospital Committee, are preserved with the archives of the former Farnworth Municipal Borough (formerly Urban District Council), Archive Reference AF. 1. Register of Patients Admitted: Including Name, age, address, cured or died, dates of admission and discharge, name and address of next of kin. Jan 1896 - Sep 1924.

Record locations

  • Farnworth Public Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1896 - 1924
    Admission
    1896 - 1924

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.