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Hospital

Northwood Hospital for Infectious Fever

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Important information

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Details

Address
Margate Road, Ramsgate
Foundation Year
1877
Status
Closed (since 1902)

Administrative Authorities

Pre-1974 County
Kent

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority

Type

Pre-1948
Isolation
Pre-1948 information
Smallpox and other infectious diseases

Other information

Built as isolation hospital for Thanet in 1877: initial temporary wooden hut housing 10 smallpox patients, additional extensions in 1880s. By 1890s came to seem insufficient for area infectious patients; replacement hospital (Isle of Thanet Joint Isolation Hospital later Haine Hospital) opened 1902

Record locations

  • East Kent Archives Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1876 - 1904
    General
    1897 - 1904
    Admission
    1887 - 1902

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    MH/T2: records of the Isle of Thanet Joint Hospital Committee which administered this hospital