GB 0114 MS0242 - Fountain Mental Hosptial

17 boxes

GB 0114 MS0242 1914-1927 Collection (fonds) 17 boxes Fountain Mental Hospital , 1912-1948

Brushfield , Thomas , fl 1886-1937 , surgeon

A new hospital was built in Tooting by the Metropolitan Asylums Board after a resurgence of Scarlet Fever in 1893. This was the 400 bed Fountain Fever Hospital, designed by Thomas W Aldwinckle, and built in nine weeks.

Most of the buildings were single-storey structures with timber frames, covered with boarding, felt and corrugated iron. On the inside, the walls were lined with boarding and asbestos on plaster. A porter's lodge stood at the west of the site at the entrance on Tooting Grove. It contained a gate office, waiting room, and lavatory, with discharging rooms and bathrooms to the rear. There were separate entrances at each side - the 'infected' one leading to the receiving wards, and the 'non-infected' one leading to the administration buildings and stores.

There were 8 ward blocks, arranged in two rows of 4, and all linked by a central covered way. Each block contained 24 beds, plus a scullery, attendant's bedroom and staff WC, linen room, and patients' bathroom. Two further isolation blocks were situated at the north-west edge of the site. The 'temporary' ward blocks were still in use in 1930. There was also accommodation for nursing staff, domestic staff and male servants, as well as workshops and a mortuary.

In 1911-1912, the hospital was redesignated as a mental hospital and became used for the accommodation of the lowest grade of severely subnormal children, becoming the Fountain Mental Hospital. In 1930, the administration of the hospital passed to the London County Council who retained it as a hospital for mentally defective children. From 1948 the hospital was known as the Fountain Hospital. It was demolished in 1963 and the site is now occupied by St George's Hospital.

Thomas Brushfield was a surgeon, and formerly the Senior Medical Officer at the Fountain Mental Hospital. This collection was compiled during his work there between 1914-1927, and is also known as the Brushfield Amentia Collection.

Donated by Thomas Brushfield in 1931.

Papers of the Founatin Mental Hospital, 1914-1927, comprising case notes; photograph albums and glass slides; and donation information, excerpts and reprints.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

By written appointment only.

No photocopying permitted.

English

The main administrative records are held at the London Metropolitan Archives.

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Source: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/?source=ddmenu_search2 and http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MAB-Fountain/MAB-Fountain.shtml

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Sep 2008 Albums (documents) Books Brushfield , Thomas , fl 1886-1937 , surgeon Documents England Europe Fountain Mental Hospital Health services Hospitals Information sources London Medical institutions Medical records Photograph albums Psychiatric hospitals Publications UK Wandsworth Western Europe Communications media Information sciences Primary documents

Donated by Thomas Brushfield in 1931.

Papers of the Founatin Mental Hospital, 1914-1927, comprising case notes; photograph albums and glass slides; and donation information, excerpts and reprints.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

By written appointment only.

No photocopying permitted.

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English

The main administrative records are held at the London Metropolitan Archives.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• inglês