National Temperance Hospital

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National Temperance Hospital
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The National Temperance Hospital, off Hampstead Road
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Location Camden, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°31′43″N0°08′17″W / 51.52871°N 0.13810°W / 51.52871; -0.13810
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Care system NHS England
History
Opened1873
Closed1990
Demolished2018
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The National Temperance Hospital was a hospital in Hampstead Road, London, between Mornington Crescent and Warren Street.

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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 [3] and acquired the premises of the St Pancras Female Orphanage and Charity School, located on an adjacent site, in 1945. [7] It was 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. [8] It was briefly considered, but rejected, as a potential site for the National Institute for Medical Research between 2006 and 2007. [9]

The building was used by Camden Collective, a regeneration initiative, from 2015 to 2017. [10] In 2017 demolition began as part of the work necessary to clear the area for the proposed High Speed 2 railway line. [11] Time capsules were discovered during the demolition in October 2017. [12]

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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 4 "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.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "The abandoned Temperance Hospital in Euston". Flickering Lamps. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "St Pancras Female Orphanage and Charity School". Children's Homes. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Mr Bean". Retro Filming Locations. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "National Institute for Medical Research". Daily Hansard. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Hospitals". Derelict London. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "HS2: service held for 60,000 to be exhumed at Euston burial ground". The Guardian. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Time capsules at Euston temperance hospital make for sobering news". The Times. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

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