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Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England: Coordinates: Organisation; Care system: National Health Service: Funding: Public hospital: Type: Mental health: History; Opened: 1870: Closed: 1997
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The Leavesden Hospital History Association (LHHA) was formally founded in 2011 by Martin T Brooks, former Park Ranger at Leaveden Country Park, for the purpose of preserving the history, heritage, memorabilia and memories of the doctors, nurses, staff, volunteers and residents who worked and lived at the Leavesden Asylum/Hospital (1870-1995), St. Pancras Orphanage (1870-1930), Canadian ...
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The asylum was officially opened in October 1870 by the Bishop of Rochester with the hospital’s Medical Superintendent, Dr. T. Claye Shaw, reporting to the managing committee that there were 100 residents. By October of the following year there were 739 male and 899 female patients.
Dec 13, 2021 · From its opening on October 1 st 1870 to its closing in October of 1995 the Leavesden Asylum/Hospital and its associated facilities relied on a work force of from 240 Doctors, nurses, support staff and volunteers in 1870 to a staff of 3500 in the 1950s to give care to the thousands and thousands of inmates (term used from 1870 to 1932) patients ...
May 6, 2014 · Leavesden Hospital; Established: 1867: Opened: 1870: Closed: 1995: Current Status: Demolished (Mostly) Building Style: Pavilion Plan (Dual) Location: Leavesden, Hertfordshire: Alternate Names: Metropolitan District Asylum for Chronic Imbeciles; Leavesden Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles; Leavesden Mental Hospital
Leavesden hospital was assigned the special function of caring for 'mentally subnormal persons' described as 'adult idiots and low-grade imbeciles' and also retained the continued treatment of...
