East Kent Archives Centre
Record types
- Administrative
- 1892 - 1948
- General
- 1892 - 1915
- Admission
- 1908 - 1946
- Clinical
- 1951 - 1963
- Other
- 1946 - 1948
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
Hospital
Victoria Home for Invalid Children
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Address
- Canterbury Road, Westbrook, Margate
- Previous Locations
- 2 Church Fields (Hawley Square) (1892-1896); 4-5 Sea View Terrace (1896-1911)
- Foundation Year
- 1892
- Status
- Closed (since 1963)
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- South Eastern
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Isle of Thanet
- Pre-1974 County
- Kent
- Post-1974 County
- Kent
Status
- Pre-1948
- Voluntary
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- Children, Tuberculosis
- Pre-1948 information
- Set up to assist the recuperation of children suffering from various forms of non-pulmonary tuberculosis and other conditions requiring longterm open-air treatment
- Post-1948
- Other
- Post-1948 information
- Other: children
Other information
In 1963 all children patients were transferred to the Metropolitan Convalescent Home (renamed the Lanthorne Convalescent Home for Children) Broadstairs, and the building converted into the Westbrook Day Hospital for geriatic patients
Record locations
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- Other: School manager's minutes; Patient records: applications for admission