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'''New Cross Hospital''' in [[Deptford]], London, was opened by the [[Metropolitan Asylums Board]] on 17 March 1877 as '''Deptford Hospital'''. Its purpose at that time was as a [[isolation hospital|fever hospital]] treating patients suffering from [[smallpox]], of which there was an epidemic at the time. In 1885, its name was changed to the '''South Eastern Fever Hospital''' and it continued to be a fever hospital until 1941. It was given the name New Cross General Hospital around 1949, soon after the creation of the [[National Health Service]], and closed around 1991.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=King's College London |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/n/10ne60-1/ |title=NEW CROSS HOSPITAL: Student nurse records |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=National Archives |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=19&page=20 |title=Details: New Cross Hospital, London |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref> |
'''New Cross Hospital''' in [[Deptford]], London, was opened by the [[Metropolitan Asylums Board]] (MAB) on 17 March 1877 as '''Deptford Hospital'''. Its purpose at that time was as a [[isolation hospital|fever hospital]] treating patients suffering from [[smallpox]], of which there was an epidemic at the time. In 1885, its name was changed to the '''South Eastern Fever Hospital''' and it continued to be a fever hospital until 1941. It was given the name New Cross General Hospital around 1949, soon after the creation of the [[National Health Service]] (NHS), and closed around 1991.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=King's College London |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/n/10ne60-1/ |title=NEW CROSS HOSPITAL: Student nurse records |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=National Archives |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=19&page=20 |title=Details: New Cross Hospital, London |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref>{{efn|At least one source says it closed in 1987.<ref name="hibbert"/>}} |
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The hospital was expanded around 1902-1906.<ref name="hibbert"/> In 1908, the facilities included 488 beds and its site covered an area of {{convert|10|acre|ha}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Contagion, Isolation, and Biopolitics in Victorian London |first=Matthew Newsom |last=Kerr |publisher=Springer |year=2017 |isbn=978-3-31965-768-4 |page=4 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I9Q5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4}}</ref> It was transferred from the MAB to control by [[London County Council]] in 1930 and then to the NHS in 1948. The NHS closed it at the time of transfer but it re-opened in 1952, at which time it was a satellite for [[Guy's Hospital]]. By 1982, it comprised 269 beds and was mainly used by geriatric patients.<ref name="hibbert">{{cite book |title=The London Encyclopaedia |first1=Christopher |last1=Hibbert |first2=Ben |last2=Weinreb |first3=Julia |last3=Keay |first4=John |last4=Keay |editor-first=Ben |editor-last=Weinreb |edition=Revised |publisher=Pan Macmillan |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-40504-924-5 |page=578 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wN_H-__MBpYC&pg=PA578}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:52, 4 October 2018
New Cross Hospital in Deptford, London, was opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board (MAB) on 17 March 1877 as Deptford Hospital. Its purpose at that time was as a fever hospital treating patients suffering from smallpox, of which there was an epidemic at the time. In 1885, its name was changed to the South Eastern Fever Hospital and it continued to be a fever hospital until 1941. It was given the name New Cross General Hospital around 1949, soon after the creation of the National Health Service (NHS), and closed around 1991.[1][2][a]
The hospital was expanded around 1902-1906.[3] In 1908, the facilities included 488 beds and its site covered an area of 10 acres (4.0 ha).[4] It was transferred from the MAB to control by London County Council in 1930 and then to the NHS in 1948. The NHS closed it at the time of transfer but it re-opened in 1952, at which time it was a satellite for Guy's Hospital. By 1982, it comprised 269 beds and was mainly used by geriatric patients.[3]
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- ^ "NEW CROSS HOSPITAL: Student nurse records". King's College London. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Details: New Cross Hospital, London". National Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Hibbert, Christopher; Weinreb, Ben; Keay, Julia; Keay, John (2008). Weinreb, Ben (ed.). The London Encyclopaedia (Revised ed.). Pan Macmillan. p. 578. ISBN 978-1-40504-924-5.
- ^ Kerr, Matthew Newsom (2017). Contagion, Isolation, and Biopolitics in Victorian London. Springer. p. 4. ISBN 978-3-31965-768-4.
- ^ Povey, W. P. (1984). "James Niven". In Elwood, Willis J.; Tuxford, A. Félicité (eds.). Some Manchester Doctors: a biographical collection to mark the 150th anniversary of the Manchester Medical Society 1834–1984. Manchester Medical Society / Manchester University Press. pp. 98–100.