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21-02-2011, 01:47 AM
High Wood opened in July 1904 as a childrens hospital. It had a cottage style plan and the cottage groups were named after trees. In 1914, at the outbreak of WW1, the Hospital was loaned to the War Office. After the war, from August 1918 to November 1919, the Hospital was used for sane epileptics.
In 1922 it was renamed the High Wood Hospital for Children, and became a hospital for children with non-pulmonary tuberculosis and rheumatic diseases. In 1930 the LCC took control of the Hospital and made a number of improvements, adding sun balconies to the wards so that open air treatment could be provided for more patients.
During WW2 part of the Hospital became a general hospital, dealing with medical, surgical and orthopaedic cases.
In 1948 the Hospital joined the NHS, continuing to provide treatment and care for children with TB of the joints. With the advent of drugs for the treatment of TB, the number of patients declined and, in 1959, the remaining 30 patients were transferred to the Black Notley Hospital in Braintree. From 1960 onwards the Hospital mainly provided long-term geriatric care and various Out-Patient clinics.
In 1979 High Wood had become a geriatric day hospital.
It closed in 2010.
Visited with Dazza and Cuban
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In 1922 it was renamed the High Wood Hospital for Children, and became a hospital for children with non-pulmonary tuberculosis and rheumatic diseases. In 1930 the LCC took control of the Hospital and made a number of improvements, adding sun balconies to the wards so that open air treatment could be provided for more patients.
During WW2 part of the Hospital became a general hospital, dealing with medical, surgical and orthopaedic cases.
In 1948 the Hospital joined the NHS, continuing to provide treatment and care for children with TB of the joints. With the advent of drugs for the treatment of TB, the number of patients declined and, in 1959, the remaining 30 patients were transferred to the Black Notley Hospital in Braintree. From 1960 onwards the Hospital mainly provided long-term geriatric care and various Out-Patient clinics.
In 1979 High Wood had become a geriatric day hospital.
It closed in 2010.
Visited with Dazza and Cuban
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