Western Hospital, Fulham
The Western Hospital, originally the Fulham Hospital, was a hospital for smallpox established in Fulham, London, in 1877.
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 Western Hospital, Fulham | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51.4851°N 0.1953°W |
| History | |
| Opened | 1877 |
| Closed | 1979 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
Location of the hospital, adjacent to the railway line. The hospital is in the middle of the map. (Click to enlarge). Detail from Charles Booth's 1889 descriptive map of London.
The hospital was established as the Fulham Hospital in Fulham, London, in 1877.[1][2] It became the Western Fever Hospital in 1885 (soon after the 1884 establishment of nearby Fulham Parish Infirmary, later renamed Fulham Hospital), and additional fever blocks were built in the early 1890s.[1]
It joined the National Health Service under the management of the South West Metropolitan Regional Health Board in 1948.[1] It closed in 1979 and the hospital was subsequently demolished.[1]
References
- "Western Hospital". ezitis.myzen.co.uk. Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- "The National Archives - Search the archives - Hospital Records- Details". www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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