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Hospital

University of Manchester Skin Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Manchester and Salford Hospital for Skin Diseases (1888 - c.1974)
The Skin Hospital (c.1974 - 1994)
Address
Chapel Street, Salford, M60 3HL
Previous Locations
Quay Street, Manchester M3 3HL (1984 - c.1990)
Foundation Year
1884
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Salford
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Salford (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Salford
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Greater Manchester
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Tuberculosis, Other
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: Skin diseases, including those caused by tuberculosis and venereal disease.
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Skin diseases (outpatients only from 1995).

Other information

The hospital was established in 1884. An in-patients' department opened in 1895 and a new hospital was constructed in 1905, which was extended in 1927.

Record locations

  • Charities Commission

    Record types

    Administrative
    1925 - 1932
    Estates
    1925 - 1932

    Finding aids

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

  • Manchester University: John Rylands Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1892 - 1946
    General
    1892 - 1946

    Finding aids

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

  • Salford Archives Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1913 - 1988
    General
    1913 - 1988
    Ephemera
    1948 - 1948

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)

  • Salford Area Health Authority

    Record types

    Administrative
    1903 - 1903
    General
    1903 - 1903

    Finding aids

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

  • University of Manchester Skin Hospital

    Record types

    Administrative
    1910 - 1968
    General
    1910 - 1968

    Finding aids

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