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Pewsey Hospital Management Committee and Dependent Hospitals

Catalogue reference: J5

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This record is about the Pewsey Hospital Management Committee and Dependent Hospitals dating from 1836-1979.

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Reference
J5
Title
Pewsey Hospital Management Committee and Dependent Hospitals
Date
1836-1979
Description

The hospitals administered by the Committee included:-

Pewsey Colony for the Mentally Defective, formerly Pewsey Workhouse.

Northview Hospital, Purton, formerly Purton Workhouse.

Burderop Hospital.

Held by
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Pewsey Hospital, Management Committee</corpname>
Administrative / biographical background

The Pewsey Hospital Management Committee, later known as the Wyvern H.M.C. , was established in 1949. It ceased to exist in 1971, when its hospitals were absorbed into the area controlled by the Swindon H.M.C. (J6).

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Pewsey Hospital Management Committee and Dependent Hospitals