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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Whittington Hall Hospital
Parent Body	Incorporation of National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control (1902-1948)
	National Health Service: Sheffield Regional Hospital Board: Chesterfield Hospital Management Committee (1948-1974)
	National Health Service: Trent Regional Health Authority: North Derbyshire District Health Authority (1974-1996)
Also Known As	Whittington Hall Midland Counties Institution, Whittington Hall Midland Counties Hospital
Place	New Whittington
Epithet	Hospital
Dates	1902-1996
History	Whittington Hall was founded by Revd Harold Nelson Burden (1860-1930) in 1902 as a home for "inebriates", a forerunner to the Burden Trust. From 1912 it was known as Home for the Care of the Feeble-Minded, later Instutution for the Mentally Defective, housing around 350-400 inmates. It was referred to in the 1939 National Register as the National Institution for Persons Requiring Care and Control
Address	Whittington Hall, Woodmere Drive, Chesterfield
Authorised Form of Name	New Whittington; Whittington Hall Hospital; 1902-1996; Hospital

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