Old Newton Abbot Hospital

Newton Abbot Hospital
Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust
Newton Abbot Hospital
Shown in Devon
Geography
Location	East Street, Newton Abbot, Devon, England
Coordinates	50°31′43″N3°36′26″W / 50.5287°N 3.6072°W / 50.5287; -3.6072
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	Community
History
Opened	1837
Closed	2009
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

The old Newton Abbot Hospital was a health facility in East Street, Newton Abbot, Devon, England. It was managed by Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust. The main entrance block is a Grade II listed building. ^[1]

History

The facility, which was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt, opened as the Newton Abbot Union Workhouse in 1837. ^[2] A new infirmary building, designed by Samuel Segar, was added in 1871. ^[2] An inquiry by the Local Government Board in 1894 found that some elderly patients were placed naked into sacks known as "jumpers" and that this treatment had led to the death of at least one such patient. ^[3]

In January 1907, the notable writer and editor, Bertram Fletcher Robinson, bequeathed £1,000 in-trust (equivalent to £133,600in 2023) ^[4] for a "Fletcher Robinson Bed". ^[5] His father, Joseph Fletcher Robinson (1827-1903), had been a prominent member of the committee of the Newton Abbot Hospital and was also a generous benefactor. ^[6]

In 1930, the Old Newton Abbot Hospital was renamed as the Newton Abbot Public Assistance Institution and during 1948, it was subsumed by the National Health Service. ^[7] After services transferred to Newton Abbot Community Hospital in 2009, the campus was closed and part of the main building was converted into a Sainsbury's Local retail outlet. ^[8]

References

1. Historic England. "Newton Abbot Hospital central entrance block, attached walls and piers (1257024)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 January 2020.
2. "Newton Abbott". Workhouses. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
3. Price, Kim (2015). Medical Negligence in Victorian Britain: The Crisis of Care under the English Poor Law, c.1834-1900. Bloomsbury. p. 136. ISBN   978-1441125460.
4. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 7 May 2024.
5. "B. Fletcher Robinson Chronology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
6. "Obituary Notices: Joseph Fletcher Robinson in Transactions of the Devonshire Association (Volume 36, p.39, 1904)". Internet Archive. 1904.
7. "Newton Abbot Hospital, Newton Abbot". National Archives. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
8. "Old hospital, Newton Abbot, Devon". HM Carpentry. Retrieved 10 January 2020.