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Details: Burntwood Hospital, Brierley

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Name

 

Present name

Burntwood Hospital 

Previous name(s)

Hemsworth Infectious Diseases Hospital (by 1929 - ?)
Brierley Isolation Hospital (? - 1948)  

Address

Brierley  

Foundation Year

 

Closed

Yes 

Closure year

c1974 

Administrative authorities

Regional Hospital Board (1948-74)

Leeds 

Regional Health Authority (1974-82)

Not Applicable 

Regional Health Authority (1982- )

Not Applicable 

District Health Authority (1974-82)

Not Applicable 

District Health Authority (1982- )

Not Applicable 

County (before 1974)

West Riding of Yorkshire 

County (1974-1996)

Not Applicable 

County (after 1996)

Not applicable 

Status

Pre 1948

Local Authority

Post 1948

NHS

Type

Pre 1948

Isolation

Post 1948

OTHER: 1948 - closure: Isolation.

 

Records can be found at:

notes

  West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield Headquarters

Record type

Date range

Administrative

1922 - 1974

   General

1922 - 1949

   Admission & Discharge

1935 - 1974

   Staff

1929 - 1972

   Ephemera

1935 - 1946

Finding aids

Finding aids

Catalogue

Location of finding aids

National Register of Archives (NRA)

Details

NRA: CAT: 29679. C498

 
 
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