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Hospital

Stockport Infirmary

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Stockport Dispensary (1792 - 1833)
Address
Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3UJ
Foundation Year
1792
Status
Closed (since 1996)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Stockport and Buxton
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Stockport
District Authority (Post-1982)
Stockport
Pre-1974 County
Cheshire
Post-1974 County
Greater Manchester
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Pre-1948 information
GEN: Ophthalmic; orthopaedic; ear, nose and throat; x-ray; electrical massage, and sunlight treatment were special features.
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

Established as a dispensary in 1792 and incorporated as an infirmary in 1833. Enlargments were made in 1871, 1885, 1897 and 1926. Special features were a Samaritan Fund, Ladies' Linen League and a Nurses' Home. [1929 Burdett's Hospitals and Charities].

Record locations

  • Marple Dale Hospital

    Record types

    Clinical
    1934 - 1946

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Marple Dale Hospital now closed: records possibly with Stockport Archive Service

  • Medical Records Department, Stepping Hill Hospital

    Record types

    Clinical
    1943 - 1950

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Stockport Archive Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1832 - 1980
    General
    1832 - 1948
    Finance
    1890 - 1943
    Estates
    1868 - 1939
    Nursing
    1912 - 1980
    Staff
    1933 - 1946
    Admission
    1931 - 1957
    Clinical
    1898 - 1964

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Card index
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Stockport Area Health Authority

    Record types

    Administrative
    1824 - 1824
    General
    1824 - 1824

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Stockport Infirmary

    Record types

    Administrative
    1939 - 1965
    Ephemera
    1939 - 1965

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Hospital now closed: records possibly with Stockport Archives Service