Tooting Bec Hospital was a mental facility in Tooting Bec, London, England.
| Tooting Bec Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Tooting Bec Hospital | |
  Shown in Wandsworth | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Tooting Bec, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°25′51″N 0°09′05″W / 51.4307°N 0.1514°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1903 |
| Closed | 1995 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThis facility was one of the establishments commissioned by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to deal with chronic cases.[1] The hospital, which was designed by Arthur and Christopher Harston using a dual pavilion layout, opened as the Tooting Bec Asylum in January 1903.[1] It became Tooting Bec Mental Hospital in 1924 and, after suffering some bomb damage during the Second World War, it joined the National Health Service as Tooting Bec Hospital in 1948.[2] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in July 1995.[1] The buildings were subsequently demolished and the site redeveloped by Fairview Homes for residential use as "Heritage Park".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tooting Bec Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Tooting Bec Hospital, London". National Archives. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Tooting Bec". Hidden London. Retrieved 20 April 2019.