HOSPITALS ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT WHEN THE NHS CAME INTO BEING ON 5TH JULY 1948 HOSPITAL LOCATION PRE NHS MANAGEMENT FUNCTION in 1948 BEDS in 1948 POST 1948 HISTORY For many years was the Island’s main general Royal County Ryde Voluntary General 126 hospital. Ceased to have inpatients after June 1991. Closed 1992 Closed in May 1991, then permanently in July Jones Memorial Cowes Voluntary General 34 2002. Shanklin Cottage Shanklin Voluntary General 35 Closed in September 1990 Ceased in 19x to take infectious disease cases. Authority: Joint Fairlee Isolation Newport Infectious Diseases 31 Site now occupied by the Hospice, y _____ and Hospital Board Oaklands House. The last natural case of smallpox occurred in Somalia in October 1977 and the last (laboratory Authority: County Smallpox Hospital Ryde Smallpox 4 related) case in Birmingham England in September Council 1978. The Island’s smallpox hospital was closed in 1970’s. Longford Local Authority County Tuberculosis Sanatorium Ceased to be a TB sanatorium in 1955. (Havenstreet) Council (IOW residents) Tuberculosis Royal National Hospital Ventnor Voluntary (Generally mainland Closed in 1964 residents) Local Authority: County Closed to inpatients in 1990 patients transferred – County Mental Hospital Whitecroft Mental Illness 394 Council to Newcroft, and then later to Sevenacres Maternity and ‘chronic’ Local Authority: County 1987 The district general hospital for the St Mary’s Hospital Newport surgical/medical Council Island. patients non ‘Chronic’ South Block (Formerly the Local Authority: County Last inpatient accommodation closed in June Newport surgical/medical Workhouse) Council 2005. patients
HOSPITALS ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT WHEN THE NHS CAME INTO BEING ON 5TH JULY 1948 HOSPITAL LOCATION PRE NHS MANAGEMENT FUNCTION in 1948 BEDS in 1948 POST 1948 HISTORY Royal County Ryde Voluntary General 126 For many years was the Island’s main general hospital. Ceased to have inpatients after June 1991. Closed 1992 Jones Memorial Cowes Voluntary General 34 Closed in May 1991, then permanently in July 2002. Shanklin Cottage Shanklin Voluntary General 35 Closed in September 1990 Fairlee Isolation Newport Authority: Joint Hospital Board Infectious Diseases 31 Ceased in 19x to take infectious disease cases. Site now occupied by the Hospice, y _____ and Oaklands House. Smallpox Hospital Ryde Authority: County Council Smallpox 4 The last natural case of smallpox occurred in Somalia in October 1977 and the last (laboratory related) case in Birmingham England in September 1978. The Island’s smallpox hospital was closed in 1970’s. Sanatorium Longford (Havenstreet) Local Authority County Council Tuberculosis (IOW residents) Ceased to be a TB sanatorium in 1955. Royal National Hospital Ventnor Voluntary Tuberculosis (Generally mainland residents) Closed in 1964 County Mental Hospital Whitecroft Local Authority: County Council Mental Illness 394 Closed to inpatients in 1990 – patients transferred to Newcroft, and then later to Sevenacres St Mary’s Hospital Newport Local Authority: County Council Maternity and ‘chronic’ surgical/medical patients 1987 The district general hospital for the Island. South Block (Formerly the Workhouse) Newport Local Authority: County Council ‘Chronic’ non surgical/medical patients Last inpatient accommodation closed in June 2005.