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Hospital

Leasowe Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Liverpool Open-Air Hospital for Children (1914 - 1948)
Leasowe Children's Hospital (1948 - c.1973)
Address
Leasowe Road, Moreton
Foundation Year
1914
Status
Closed (since 1982)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Liverpool
Management Committee (1948-1974)
North Wirral
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Mersey
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Cheshire
Post-1974 County
Merseyside
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Tuberculosis, Other
Pre-1948 information
TB: 1914 - 1948 Non-pulmonary.
OTHER: 1940s - 1948 Arthritic conditions.
Post-1948
Acute, Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: 1948 - c.1955 Tuberculosis. 1948 - 1982 Arthritic conditions.

Other information

Founded by the Liverpool Children's Association (Chairman: Margaret Beavan) in July 1914. Treated children suffering from tuberculosis of the bones and joints, and developed orthopaedic techniques and apparatus. Began admitting adults in the 1940s. Later specialised in the treatment of severe arthritic conditions. Was also known as Margaret Beavan Hospital. Services transferred to the Arrowe Park Hospital in 1982.

Record locations

  • Wirral Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1913 - 1977
    General
    1917 - 1974
    Finance
    1913 - 1977
    Nursing
    1918 - 1970
    Staff
    1960 - 1970
    Clinical
    1921 - 1982
    Ephemera
    1915 - 1970
    Pictorial
    1920 - 1940
    Other
    1924 - 1971

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA), Other
    Details
    AR: CAT:
    AR: See also North Wirral Hospital Management Committee.
    OTHER: Liverpool University Archives.