Highgate Hospital

Highgate Hospital was a name used to refer to the infirmary building which opened in 1869 on the St Pancras side of Dartmouth Park Hill in Highgate, London.

For the hospital established in 1988 in View Road, see Highgate Private Hospital.

Highgate Hospital
Highgate Wing (on the right)
Highgate Hospital is located in London Borough of Camden
Highgate Hospital
Shown in Camden
Geography
LocationDartmouth Park Hill, Highgate, London.
Coordinates51.56674°N 0.14234°W / 51.56674; -0.14234
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1869
Closed1948

History

The facility has its origins in the St Pancras Union Infirmary, which was designed by Giles and Biven and opened in 1866.[1][2]

Florence Nightingale advised the architects on the design of the building and later commented that it was "by far the best of any workhouse infirmary we have"[3] and indeed “the finest metropolitan hospital”.[4]

In 1869, Central London Sick Asylum District was altered to include St Pancras and the infirmary became known as Central London Sick Asylum.[5] This arrangement continued until 1893, when it reverted to the Guardians of the Poor as St Pancras North Infirmary, while the St Pancras Union Workhouse on King's Way (now St Pancras Way) became St Pancras South Infirmary.[6] Edith Cavell served as night superintendent from 1901 to 1904, when she was the only trained nurse on duty.[1]

The hospital was taken over by the London County Council in 1930 and renamed Highgate Hospital.[1] It became the Highgate Wing of the Whittington Hospital on the establishment of the NHS in 1948.[1][7]

Latterly a psychiatric hospital, in 2004, the Highgate Wing was chosen by Camden and Islington Community NHS Trust as the site for Highgate Mental Health Centre and the consolidation and development of community mental health and adult social care services.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Highgate Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. "St Pancras". Workhouses. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  3. McDonald, Lynn (2004). Florence Nightingale on Public Health Care: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale. Vol. 6. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 447. ISBN 978-0889204461.
  4. "Firing squads, hammers and spies: Trust's Tales". Camden & Islington News. 2014. p. 8.
  5. Central London Sick Asylum District London Metropolitan Archives (retrieved 8 June 2022)
  6. St Pancras Board of Guardians London Metropolitan Archives (retrieved 8 June 2022)
  7. "Highgate Hospital, London". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. Foot, Tom (17 March 2011). "Lost souls beyond a plush entrance to Highgate Mental Health Centre". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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