New End Hospital was a hospital in Hampstead, north London. It was founded in 1869 as the infirmary for the Hampstead Union workhouse, and operated until 1986. The buildings have now been redeveloped as housing.
A boilerhouse chimney which was once part of the hospital, and which is retained as a landmark
New End Hospital was founded as the infirmary for the Hampstead workhouse in 1869.[1][2]
London County Council (LCC) assumed administration of the hospital in 1930 under the Local Government Act1 1929.[1][3] At this time the hospital had 260 beds.[3] The medical superintendent at the time was R. H. Swindells, MB., ChB, FRCS (Edin) and the matron was Miss E. Fisher.[3] Esther Fisher was matron from 1921 to 1938 and was notable for being a founding member of the College of Nursing (now the Royal College of Nursing), for establishing nurse training for men at the hospital and as author of a nursing text book.[4][5]
Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill established a Thyroid Clinic in 1931 for the treatment of patients with toxic goitre and myasthenia gravis.[1][6] Under the influence of Raymond Greene, it became well known as a centre for endocrinology[1] and a leading centre for the study and treatment of thyroid disease.[7] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 under the management of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.[1] It remained in use until 1986, when it was sold and the proceeds used to fund the redevelopment of Queen Mary's Maternity Home.[1]
The former hospital mortuary served as the New End Theatre before being converted into a Jewish cultural centre in 2011.[8]
123Kay-Menzies, F N (1930). London County Council Annual Report 1930, Vol IV Public Health (General and Special Hospitals). London, UK: London County Council. p.53.
↑"Obituary: Miss E Fisher". Nursing Times. Vol.34, no.1732. 9 July 1938 – via Royal College of Nursing Historical Nursing Journal Archive.
↑Fisher, Esther (1938). The Nurses' Text Book. London: Faber and Faber.
↑Coleman, R; Allen -Daley, W (3 June 1942). "The Development of Hospital Services with Particular Reference to the Municipal Hospital System of London". Royal Society of Medicine. XXXV: 745.
