Western Hospital, Fulham
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This article is about the former fever hospital. Not to be confused with Fulham Hospital.
The Western Fever Hospital, Fulham, originally the Western Hospital, was set up as a public hospital for isolating smallpox by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in Fulham, London, in 1877. In 1933 the LCC took over its management. In 1949 the site became part of the National Health Service. During its century-long existence the hospital always specialised in various forms of infectious diseases, ending up as the country's specialist centre for the treatment of Poliomyelitis. With the dramatic decline in cases globally, the NHS shut down the facility in 1979 and sold off the 13 acre site to commercial developers.
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Geography | |
Location | Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51.4851°N 0.1953°W / 51.4851; -0.1953 |
Organisation | |
Type | Infectious diseases |
Services | |
Beds | up to 517 |
History | |
Opened | 1877 |
Closed | 1979 |
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Lists | Hospitals in England |
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