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Hospital

Meathop Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Meathop Sanatorium (1900 - ?)
Westorland Consumption Sanatorium (1900 - 1928 at the latest)
The Westmorland Sanatorium and Home for Consumption (by 1929 - 1948)
Westmorland Sanatorium (by 1931 - 1961)
Address
Meathop, Grange-Over-Sands
Previous Locations
Transferred facilities to Westmorland General Hospital
Foundation Year
1900
Status
Closed (since 1992)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Lancaster and Kendal
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Northern
District Authority (1974-1982)
East Cumbria
District Authority (Post-1982)
South Cumbria
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Cumbria
Post-1996 County
Cumbria

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Voluntary
Pre-1948 information
LA: Superintendant - Chief TB Officer for Westmorland.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Tuberculosis
Post-1948
Geriatric, Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: 1948 - c.1961 Tuberculosis, c.1961 - ? Orthopaedic.
GER: c.1961 - ?

Other information

Associated: Kendal Chest Clinic - Registers 1919 - 1961 Greenall Trust: Correspondence 1942 - 1976

Record locations

  • Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library, Barrow

    Record types

    Administrative
    1940 - 1943
    Admission
    1940 - 1943

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: BG: Ba/H. See Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council.
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Cumbria Record Office, Kendal

    Record types

    Administrative
    1900 - 1974
    General
    1900 - 1950
    Finance
    1900 - 1950
    Staff
    1912 - 1941
    Admission
    1911 - 1957
    Clinical
    1900 - 1948
    Ephemera
    1910 - 1959
    Pictorial
    1900 - 1974
    Private Papers
    1910 - 1917
    Other
    1914 - 1947

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Catalogue: WT/HOS/2
    Records include papers of Dr Paget Tomlinson.

  • Kendal Public Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1899 - 1936
    General
    1899 - 1936
    Ephemera
    1900 - 1933
    Pictorial
    1900 - 1900
    Other
    1902 - 1902

    Finding aids

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