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Hospital

Battersea General Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
National Anti-Vivisection Hospital (1896 - 1910)
Anti-Vivisection Hospital, the Battersea General Hospital (Incorporated) (1910 - 1935)
Battersea General Hospital (Incorporated) (1935 - 1948)
Address
Battersea Park, London, SW11
Foundation Year
1896
Status
Closed (since 1972)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
South West Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Battersea and Putney Group
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
London
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Pre-1948 information
Run on anti-vivisection principles up to 1935.

Other information

In 1906 it absorbed The Hospital of St Francis, Darenth House, 34 Camberwell Green, London. Out-patients admitted from June 1902; in-patients from January 1903.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1904 - 1971
    General
    1904 - 1971
    Estates
    1915 - 1937

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: CAT: H6/BG.
    AR: See also Morgan Crucible, Battersea, accession 78.66 M/MC, and King Edwards Hospital Fund.
    Brief Guide: Hospital and Charity Annual Reports.
    Annual Reports 1904 - 1947 SC/PPS/093/02,82