Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases

The Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases was a hospital that existed from 1867 to 1993.

Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases
The National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic at Blandford Place in 1867
Location within Westminster
Geography
LocationMaida Vale, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates51.5262°N 0.1807°W / 51.5262; -0.1807
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
History
Opened1867
Closed1993
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital was founded as the London Infirmary for Epilepsy and Paralysis by the German physician Julius Althaus (1833-1900) in 1867.[1] In its first incarnation it was based at Blandford Place in Marylebone.[1] It moved to Portland Terrace in 1872, becoming the Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System in 1873 and the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis in 1876.[1] It moved to a new building in Maida Vale opened by the Duchess of Argyll in 1903.[1] At that time it became the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis and Other Diseases of the Nervous System, Maida Vale.[1] It became the Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases (including Epilepsy and Paralysis) in 1937.[1][2]

The facility joined the National Health Service as the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Maida Vale at which time it also became part of the National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, now the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.[1] The site at 4 Maida Vale (the main road) was closed in 1993 and sold for development.[1]

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See also

References
  1. "Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. "Maida Vale Hopital for Nervous Diseases". National Archives. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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