Hospitals and health

Bethel Hospital, 1724-1970 (BH)

One of the earliest mental hospitals outside of London. Established by Mary Chapman in 1713 as a charitable institution, in accordance with the terms of her husband's will.

Norfolk Area Health Authority, 1859-1974 (H)

Records of organisations taken over or superseded by the local health authority:

Hill House Hospital, Wicklewood (H 1)
Hill House, Pulham Market (H 2)
Joint Isolation Hospital, Roughton (H 3)
The Mundesley Sanatorium (H 4)
The Vale Hospital, Swainsthorpe (H 5)
Wayland Hospital, Attleborough (H 6)

Hellesdon Hospital, 1846-1959 (HH)

Formerly known as:

Norwich Pauper Asylum (1828-30)
Norwich City Asylum (1880-?)
Norwich City Mental Hospital (by 1929-48)

It was situated outside St Augustine's Gates, St Clement, Norwich (1828-80) and then moved to Drayton High Road, Hellesdon, where it is still based today.

Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 1770-1990 (NNH)

Includes the Jenny Lind Hospital and the Norfolk and Norwich Eye Infirmary.

St Andrew's Hospital, 1813-1967 (SAH)

This institution, situated at Thorpe St Andrew until its closure, was previously known as:

Norfolk County Asylum (1814-1915)
Norfolk War Hospital (1915-19)
Norfolk Mental Hospital (1919-23)
St Andrew's Hospital (1923-98)

Health and Safety Executive, 1928-62 (HSE)

National Health Service: Norfolk Executive Council, 1912-85 (NEC)

Records of the Norwich and Great Yarmouth insurance committees, plus records inherited from predecessor bodies on the establishment of the NHS in 1948.