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The old hospital, now largely demolished. The hospital was established as an infirmary for sick paupers at the Willesden Workhouse in 1903. [1] Extensions were built in 1908, 1911 and 1914. [1] The facility became the Willesden Institution in 1914, the Park Royal Hospital in 1921 and the Central Middlesex County Hospital in 1931. [1]
Park Royal Hospital, Willesden, London. Photograph from the 'Morning Post', 19 August 1925. Photograph 19 August 1925 Park Royal Hospital, Willesden, London: toddlers in a cart being pulled along by a donkey led by a nurse.
Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital, commonly known as Royal Park is a former Receiving House and Psychiatric Hospital located in Parkville.Operating for over 90 years, Royal Park Hospital was the first psychiatric hospital established in Victoria after the Lunacy Act of 1903, and was intended for patients with curable disorders. [1]
In 1930, the hospital was awarded a royal charter "to operate an acute Hospital where serving and retired officers of the Services and their spouses can be treated at preferential rates." [23] The council first met on Armistice day of that year. [24] From that date it was chaired by Sir Harold Augustus Wernher until 1969. [9]
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Bethlem Museum of the Mind is a museum focusing on the history of Bethlem Royal Hospital, its programme of care, and its patients. [1] Opened in 2015, the museum is housed in an Art Deco building shared with the Bethlem Gallery, which hosts exhibitions of contemporary artists who are current or former patients.
Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and TV series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff. The hospital is part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Figure Court of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The Royal Hospital Chelsea is an Old Soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army.Founded as an almshouse — the ancient sense of the word "hospital" — by King Charles II in 1682, it is a 66-acre (27 ha) site located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, London.