Lewisham Hospital, London

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Lewisham Hospital, London

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History

Lewisham Hospital opened as a workhouse in 1817 and then as a hospital in 1894. It admitted cholera cases from 1867 and lunatics from 1897. It became Lewisham Hospital Group in 1948. In 1974 the Group became one of the four Health Districts in the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Area Health Authority (Teaching). The other three Districts were King's College Hospital, Guy's, and St Thomas's. In 1982 it became Lewisham and North Southwark District Health Authority. In 1993 it became Lewisham Hospital National Health Service Trust.

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Related entity

Thomas Guy and Lewisham School of Nursing, 1985-1991 (1985-1991)

Identifier of related entity

KCL-AF1322

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

Thomas Guy and Lewisham School of Nursing, 1985-1991

is the successor of

Lewisham Hospital, London

Dates of relationship

1985

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Authority record identifier

KCL-AF1208

Institution identifier

0100 KCLCA

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Final

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Partial

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