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Hospital

North Western Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Hampstead Asylum (1870 - 1876)
Hampstead Hospital (1876 - 1885)
North Western Fever Hospital (1885 - 1948)
Address
Lawn Road, Hampstead, London, NW3
Foundation Year
1870
Status
Closed (since 1948)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Royal Free
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
Middlesex/London
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: 1870 - 1930 Metropolitan Asylums Board, 1930 - 1948 London County Council.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Children, Isolation, Mental, Women
Pre-1948 information
ISOL: 1870 - ? Fever.
MNT: 1873 - 1876 Mental deficiency in children.
W: 1928 - ? Cancer treatment with radium of women.
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

Changed its use from smallpox to fever hospital in 1882 following Royal commission suggestion that people with smallpox should only be treated in hospital ships or isolated buildings along the river. Renal transplants pioneered there in late 50s, by which time fever beds had been transferred to Coppetts Wood.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1868 - 1948
    General
    1868 - 1948
    Estates
    1901 - 1914
    Admission
    1896 - 1948
    Clinical
    1896 - 1948

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    AR: CAT: H35/NW.
    AR: See also St Olave's/Bermondsey Board of Guardians B.B.G., Metropolitan Asylums Board, London County Council Central Public Health Committee 1929 - 1934, Hospitals and Medical Services Committee 1934 - 1948, London County Council Public Health, General and Special Hospitals Committee PH/HOSP/3.

  • Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1887 - 1973
    Nursing
    1904 - 1950
    Staff
    1887 - 1923
    Clinical
    1948 - 1973
    Pictorial
    1950 - 1973

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Medical records can be accessed by archivist.