New End Hospital

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New End Hospital
North West Thames Regional Health Authority

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Location Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°33′30″N0°10′40″W / 51.55833°N 0.17778°W / 51.55833; -0.17778 Coordinates: 51°33′30″N0°10′40″W / 51.55833°N 0.17778°W / 51.55833; -0.17778
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Care system NHS England
History
Founded 1800
Closed 1986
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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.

Hampstead area of north London, England

Hampstead, commonly known as Hampstead Village, is an area of London, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. It has some of the most expensive housing in the London area. The village of Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom.

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History

A boilerhouse chimney which was once part of the hospital, and which is retained as a landmark New End Chimney - geograph.org.uk - 1004083.jpg
A boilerhouse chimney which was once part of the hospital, and which is retained as a landmark

New End Hospital was founded as the infirmary for the Hampstead workhouse in 1869. [1] [2] It was taken over by London County Council in 1930, at which time it had 260 beds. Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill established a Thyroid Clinic in 1931 for the treatment of patients suffering from toxic goitre and myasthenia gravis. [1]

Workhouse place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment

In England and Wales, a workhouse, colloquially known as a spike, was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment. The earliest known use of the term workhouse is from 1631, in an account by the mayor of Abingdon reporting that "wee haue erected wthn our borough a workehouse to sett poore people to worke".

London County Council Local government body for the County of London, 1889 to 1965; replaced by Greater London Council

London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council. The LCC was the largest, most significant and most ambitious English municipal authority of its day.

Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill was an Australian thyroid surgeon and Physician to the Queen of the United Kingdom.

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]

World War I 1914–1918 global war originating in Europe

World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the 1918 influenza pandemic caused another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide.

The hospital was taken over by the London County Council in 1930, and became well known as a centre for endocrinology. [1] 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]

Endocrinology medical specialty

Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events proliferation, growth, and differentiation, and the psychological or behavioral activities of metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sleep, digestion, respiration, excretion, mood, stress, lactation, movement, reproduction, and sensory perception caused by hormones. Specializations include behavioral endocrinology and comparative endocrinology.

National Health Service publicly funded healthcare systems within the United Kingdom

The NHS in England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the affiliated Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland were established together in 1948 as one of the major social reforms following the Second World War. The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, apart from dental treatment and optical care. The English NHS also requires patients to pay prescription charges with a range of exemptions from these charges.

The former hospital mortuary served as the New End Theatre before being converted into a Jewish cultural centre in 2011. [3]

New End Theatre former theatre in Hampstead, London

The New End Theatre, Hampstead, was an 80-seat fringe theatre venue in London, at 27 New End in the London Borough of Camden which operated from 1974 until 2011.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New End Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre". AIM 25. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "New End theatre to become synagogue". Jewish Chronicle. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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