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Highlands Hospital

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In 1900, Enfield Urban District Council replaced these with a new isolation hospital, named Enfield Isolation Hospital, designed by the district council surveyor, a Mr Collins, and built by Chesoum and Sons. The Enfield and Edmonton Joint Hospital Board took control of Enfield Isolation Hospital in
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Rather than having a single large building, the hospital comprised several smaller buildings, known as villas. In 1890, temporary huts were erected to increase capacity. The following year, further temporary iron huts were erected on a neighbouring site to the north of the existing hospital.
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on its formation in 1948, and both hospitals were renamed. The Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital became Highlands Hospital, and the Enfield Isolation Hospital became South Lodge Hospital. At this time, Highlands comprised 16 buildings with 480 beds.
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Peggy Mardell began her training as a fever nurse at Highlands aged 17, since general nurse training was not available below the age of 19. She became the regional nursing officer of the North West Thames Health Authority and was appointed a
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in 1883–4. In May 1885 the foundation stone was laid of what was originally to be named The Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital, and the hospital opened on 25 September 1887, having been designed by architects Pennington and Bridgen.
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were treated in the Enfield Isolation Hospital by a Dr. J. J. Ridge, with a mortality rate of 2.5 per cent, compared to a 6.3 per cent mortality rate in other hospitals under the control of the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1893.
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Thomas Lansley worked as a medical laboratory technician at Highlands and went on to co-found the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine and chair the Institute of Medical Laboratory Scientists. His son,
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In 1993, Enfield District Health Authority (which was itself disbanded in 1996) agreed to the disposal of the 53-acre (210,000 m) site to developers. The site was purchased for around
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which closed in 1993. The site was redeveloped for residential accommodation, although many of the original buildings remain. The site is designated a
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In 1966, the hospitals were merged, with the new hospital retaining the Highlands name. The hospital became an
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Both the Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital and Enfield Isolation Hospital came under the control of the
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20 million. Some of the proceeds were used to construct the Highlands wing at
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The Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital building, now residential apartments
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workhouses.org.uk: The Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital, Winchmore Hill
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London Borough of Enfield: Highlands Conservation Area Character Appraisal
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in 1930, and the site served as an emergency bed service hospital during
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Joseph Sharkey, whose work at the hospital included the early trials of
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Joseph Sharkey, whose work at the hospital included the early trials of
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Control of the Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital was transferred to
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The site was part of the Chaseville Park estate (originally part of
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Photographs of South Lodge Hospital shortly before its closure
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Enfield
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1905. The main purpose of the hospital was to deal with
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patients were cared for at the hospital by consultant
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Highlands Hospital is located in London Borough of Enfield
Winchmore Hill
Care system
NHS England
Type
District General
Affiliated university
Emergency department
Hospitals in England
hospital
Winchmore Hill
London Borough of Enfield
conservation area
listed building
Enfield Chase
Metropolitan Asylums Board
scarlet fever
infectious diseases
smallpox
London County Council
World War II
Parkinsonism
geriatrician
general practitioner
levodopa
National Health Service
acute hospital
Greater London Council
District Health Authority

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