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Hospital

Fountain Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Fountain Fever Hospital (1893 - 1912)
Fountain Mental Hospital 1912-1948
Address
Tooting Grove, London, SW17
Foundation Year
1893
Status
Closed (since 1963)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
South West Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Fountain and Carshalton Group
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
London
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: 1893 - 1930 Metropolitan Asylums Board, 1930 - 1948 London County Council.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Children, Isolation, Mental
Pre-1948 information
ISOL: 1893 - 1911 Fever.
MNT: 1911 - 1948 Mental deficiency, children.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1893 - 1948
    General
    1893 - 1948
    Admission
    1897 - 1930
    Ephemera
    1893 - 1893

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: CAT:
    AR: See also St Olave's/Bermondsey Board of Guardians B.B.G., Metropolitan Asulums Board, London County Council Asylums Committee 1889 - 1914, Asylums and Mental Deficiency Committee 1914 - 1922, Mental Hospitals Committee 1922 - 1948.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of England

    Record types

    Administrative
    1914 - 1927
    Clinical
    1914 - 1927
    Pictorial
    1914 - 1927
    Case notes on c. 4000 children - photos, treatment, school work, clinical histories, post-mortems, etc; photo album of staff, hospital, entertainments etc