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Details
Previous Names
Leicester Infirmary (1771 - c.1910)
Leicester Infirmary and Children's Hospital (1911 - 1913)
Leicester Royal Infirmary and Children's Hospital (1914 - c.1948)
Address
Infirmary Square, Leicester, LE1 5WW
Current Trust
Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1771
Status
Open
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Sheffield
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Leicester Area No. 1
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Trent
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Trent
District Authority (1974-1982)
South Derbyshire
District Authority (Post-1982)
Leicestershire
Pre-1974 County
Leicestershire
Post-1974 County
Leicestershire
Post-1996 County
Leicestershire
Status
Pre-1948
Voluntary
Pre-1948 information
VOL: 1766 - ? Charity with subscribers established in 1766.
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
Children, General, Isolation, Mental, Other
Pre-1948 information
ISOL: 1803 - ? Smallpox and fever.
MNT: 1780 - 1837 Asylums.
C: 1889 - ?.
OTHER: 1940 - ? Regional Radium Centre.
Post-1948
Acute, Maternity
Other information
Asylum - After 1837 patients transferred to new county Lunatic Asylum. Fever - opened to fever patients c1803, Fever house opened in 1820 with distinct body of subscribers but responsible to infi rmary governors. Children - opened in 1889, attached to Infirmary as above. Convalescent Homes - maintained by Saturday Hospital Society - c1934: 1919 Desford Hall for men, Swithland Hall for women, Woodhouse Eaves Children's Home; 1934 Zachery Merton Home for men.
Associated Hospitals: LRI Maternity Hospital (Bond Street), Leicester Maternity Home, Weskotes Grange, Leicester