New End Hospital
| New End Hospital | |
|---|---|
| North West Thames Regional Health Authority | |
New End Hospital dispensary | |
Location within Camden | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°33′30″N 0°10′40″W / 51.55833°N 0.17778°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| History | |
| Opened | 1800 |
| Closed | 1986 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
New End Hospital was a hospital in Hampstead, north London. It was founded in 1869 as the infirmary for the Hampstead Union workhouse, and operated until 1986. The buildings have now been redeveloped as housing.
History
New End Hospital was founded as the infirmary for the Hampstead workhouse in 1869.[1][2]
Until the outbreak of First World War, New End Hospital's patients included the unemployed, homeless, and unmarried mothers, and their children. It also had an infirmary for the treatment of psychiatric patients. During the First World War New End Hospital was primarily used for the treatment of wounded and shell-shocked soldiers.[1]
London County Council (LCC) assumed administration of the hospital in 1930 under the Local Government Act1 1929.[1][3] At this time the hospital had 260 beds.[3] The medical superintendent at the time was R. H. Swindells, MB., ChB, FRCS (Edin) and the matron was Miss E. Fisher.[3] Esther Fisher was matron from 1921 to 1938 and was notable for being a founding member of the College of Nursing (now the Royal College of Nursing), for establishing nurse training for men at the hospital and as author of a nursing text book.[4][5]
Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill established a Thyroid Clinic in 1931 for the treatment of patients with toxic goitre and myasthenia gravis.[1][6] Under the influence of Raymond Greene, it became well known as a centre for endocrinology[1] and a leading centre for the study and treatment of thyroid disease.[7] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 under the management of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.[1] It remained in use until 1986, when it was sold and the proceeds used to fund the redevelopment of Queen Mary's Maternity Home.[1]
The former hospital mortuary served as the New End Theatre before being converted into a Jewish cultural centre in 2011.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "New End Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre". AIM 25. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ a b c Kay-Menzies, F N (1930). London County Council Annual Report 1930 , Vol IV Public Health (General and Special Hospitals). London, UK: London County Council. p. 53.
- ^ "Obituary : Miss E Fisher". Nursing Times. Vol. 34, no. 1732. 9 July 1938 – via Royal College of Nursing Historical Nursing Journal Archive.
- ^ Fisher, Esther (1938). The Nurses' Text Book. London: Faber and Faber.
- ^ Coleman, R; Allen -Daley, W (3 June 1942). "The Development of Hospital Services with Particular Reference to the Municipal Hospital System of London". Royal Society of Medicine. XXXV: 745.
- ^ Mason, A Stuart. "Charles Raymond Greene". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "New End theatre to become synagogue". Jewish Chronicle. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2018.