Catalogue description Gateshead Dispensary

This record is held by Tyne and Wear Archives

Details of HO.GD
Reference: HO.GD
Title: Gateshead Dispensary
Description:

Hospital records
Date: 1832 - 1947
Held by: Tyne and Wear Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Gateshead Dispensary
Physical description: 15 SERIES
Immediate source of acquisition:

Accessions T601 (part), T604 (part), 3598
Subjects:
  • Health services
  • Clinical medicine
  • Nursing
  • Patients
  • Health policy
  • Diseases
  • Medical sciences
  • Preventive medicine
Administrative / biographical background:

The Dispensary was established in 1832 by resolution of a public meeting. Its first premises were in High Street, Gateshead but in 1855 a building at the corner of Nelson Street and West Street was purchased to replace it. The Dispensary was absorbed by the National Health Service in 1948.
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