West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
Record types
- Administrative
- 1950 - 1981
- General
- 1950 - 1981
- Admission
- 1952 - 1979
Finding aids
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
Hospital
Haigh Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Address
- Rothwell, Leeds
- Foundation Year
- 1902
- Status
- Closed (since 1981)
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- Not Applicable
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Not Applicable
- Post-1996 County
- Not applicable
Other information
The Haigh Hospital was built in 1902 by the Rothwell, Methley and Hunslet Joint Isolation Hospital Committee which was instituted under the Isolation Hospitals Act 1893 by an order of the West Riding County Council on 10 January 1900 (The minute books of the Committee 1900 - 1937 are in Rothwell UDC 2/1-3 and Annual Reports 1904-1936 are in Acc 4155) In 1948 it was placed in the Leeds B Group Hospital Management Committee and was used as a half way house for geriatric patients. Since 1970 it was attached to St George's for administrative purposes. It was closed on 1 February 1981.