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Hospital

St James' Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Birkenhead Infectious Diseases Hospital (1895 - 1948)
Address
Tollemache Road, Birkenhead
Previous Locations
Livingstone Street (1876 - 1895)
Foundation Year
1895
Status
Closed (since 1982)

Administrative Authorities

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

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: Birkenhead County Borough Council.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Isolation
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: 1948 - 1981 Isolation, ? - ? orthopaedics and paediatrics

Other information

Also built on the site were smallpox wards (1902); and a 'special clinic' for the treatment of venereal diseases (c.1917). The hospital was closed by 1990.

Record locations

  • Wirral Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1897 - 1982
    General
    1897 - 1974
    Admission
    1970 - 1982

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA), Other
    Details
    AR: BG: B/041, A/HM. See Birkenhead Hospital Management Committee.
    OTHER: Liverpool University Archives.