There were almost 500 out-patient attendances.[7] With the out-break of the Second world war, between 1939 and 1946 the hospital was evacuated first to Crickdale in Wiltshire then in 1942 to Hog's Back in Surrey.[8] In 1962 the hospital began to offer a three-days a week service to disturbed children up to 5 years of age and their parents.[9]