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D4559 - Whittington Hall Hospital, New Whittington: Home for people with learning disabilities - 1914-1934

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D4559
Title	Whittington Hall Hospital, New Whittington: Home for people with learning disabilities
Date	1914-1934
Description	Visiting Committee minutes 1925-1934, Visiting Committee journal 1914-1926, Morning reports 1917-1926 (with selected patient information) These records are the Whittington Hall records under the regulations governing the Incorporation of National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control and pre-date the hospital's absorption into the National Health Service.
Extent	4 volumes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Whittington Hall Hospital, New Whittington
Administrative History	Whittington Hall was founded by Revd Harold Nelson Burden (1860–1930) in the early 20th century. Referred to in the 1939 National Register as the "National Institution for persons requiring care and control". It closed in 1996. At various points, it came under the management of Sheffield Regional Hospital Board (D4556); Chesterfield Hospital Management Committee (D4555); Trent Regional Health Authority (D4923/1); and fionally North Derbyshire District Health Authority.
Custodial History	Deposited by Derbyshire Record Office in 1996
Organisation Sub-Type	Hospitals
Related Material	See D4555 for records relating to the Chesterfield Hospital Management Committee 1948-1978. See D3146/2: Report on the management under the Mental Deficiency Act 1913
Term	Hospitals
Term	Health services