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Details
Address
Barrack Road, Dundee, DD1 9ND
Previous Locations
King Street 1798-1855
Previous Trusts
Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust , 1996-1998
Foundation Year
1798
Status
Closed (since 1998)
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Eastern
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Dundee General
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Tayside
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Tayside
District Authority (1974-1982)
Dundee
District Authority (Post-1982)
Dundee General
Pre-1974 County
Forfarshire/Angus
Post-1974 County
Tayside
Post-1996 County
Tayside
Status
Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute
Other information
Originated in the Voluntary Dispensary founded by public subscription 1782, in 1798 activities wre centralised in a 56 bed infirmary in King St, and in 1812 the Lunatic Asylum was built on ground in Albert St now covered by Baxter Park. Infirmary received a Royal Charter in 1819 as 'Dundee Royal Infirmary and Asylum'. In 1852 work began on a new site in Barrack Road and in 1855 the hospital moved and began to diversify services with new children's, eye, ENT and outpatient wards. Furthe Royal charters were granted in 1877 and 1898, on the opening of a convalescent home at Barnhill and on the addition of a maternity hospital. In July 1948 the running of the Infirmary was transferred to the NHS, and it closed in 1998.
Record locations
Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services