National Temperance Hospital

National Temperance Hospital
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The National Temperance Hospital, off Hampstead Road
Location within Camden
Geography
Location Camden, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°31′43″N 0°08′17″W / 51.52871°N 0.13810°W / 51.52871; -0.13810Coordinates: 51°31′43″N 0°08′17″W / 51.52871°N 0.13810°W / 51.52871; -0.13810
Organisation
Care system NHS England
History
Founded 1873
Closed 1990
Links
Lists Hospitals in England

The National Temperance Hospital is a former hospital in Hampstead Road, London, between Mornington Crescent and Warren Street.

History

The hospital opened as the London Temperance Hospital on 6 October 1873[1] by initiative of the National Temperance League,[2] and was managed by a board of 12 teetotallers.[3] Under its rules, the use of alcohol to treat patients was discouraged, but not outlawed: doctors could prescribe alcohol when they thought necessary for exceptional cases.[4]

In 1931, Chicago magnate Samuel Insull donated $160,000 to build a new extension, the "Insull Memorial wing"[5] which was designed in the Art Deco style by architect William Binnie.[6]

It was renamed the National Temperance Hospital in 1932 and incorporated into the National Health Service in 1948 under the management of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.[3]

After the hospital was closed in 1990,[3] its exterior featured in an episode of Mr. Bean, broadcast in October 1995, in which Bean tailgates an ambulance and stops behind it before entering the hospital.[7] It was briefly considered, but rejected, as a potential site for the National Institute for Medical Research between 2006 and 2007.[8]

The building was used by Camden Collective, a regeneration initiative, from 2015 to 2017.[9] In 2017 demolition began as part of the work necessary to clear the area for the proposed High Speed 2 railway line.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "National Temperance Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "The teetotaller's hospital: Removing drink from Victorian medicine". BBC News. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "National Temperance Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hospital Records Database". National Archives. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Great, near great". The Milwaukee Journal. 23 April 1931. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "The abandoned Temperance Hospital in Euston". Flickering Lamps. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Mr Bean". Retro Filming Locations. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "National Institute for Medical Research". Daily Hansard. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hospitals". Derelict London. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "HS2: service held for 60,000 to be exhumed at Euston burial ground". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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