Lunatic Hospital

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The Lunatic Hospital was completed in September 1765 on land at the Infirmary Piccadilly site. It was governed by a committee of the Infirmary's trustees. The first patient was admitted in May 1766 and by the mid 1770s it had around forty patients. Various extensions were made to the building, at one point it was larger than the Infirmary itself. In 1846, at a time when the Infirmary was considering major building expansion, the Infirmary purchased the Lunatic Hospital buildings and a new building was constructed at Cheadle, which became Cheadle Royal Hospital, which opened in 1850. It remained financially independent of the main Infirmary.

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See also section on Cheadle Royal Hospital at MMC/9/44.

Archive Record|Table of contents

The Manchester Medical Collection: Sections 3-16MMC 3-16

Medical Practitioners in the North West RegionMMC/3

Local Medical HistoryMMC/4

Medical Education in ManchesterMMC/5

Medical education - generalMMC/5/1

Medical education in Manchester - generalMMC/5/2

Manchester Royal School of Medicine (Pine Street)MMC/5/3

Mount Street School (includes Bridge St School)MMC/5/4

Marsden Street SchoolMMC/5/5

Chatham Street SchoolMMC/5/6

Owens College/University of Manchester Medical SchoolMMC/5/7

Lectures and ScholarshipsMMC/6

Professional Medical Societies in ManchesterMMC/7

Medical Charities in ManchesterMMC/8

Hospitals and related institutions in the Manchester areaMMC/9

Local Voluntary Hospitals Committee for the City of ManchesterMMC/9/1

Manchester Joint Hospitals Advisory BoardMMC/9/2

United Manchester HospitalsMMC/9/3

Salford Hospital GroupMMC/9/4

Manchester Area Health Authority (Teaching)MMC/9/5

The Manchester Royal Infirmary (M.R.I.)MMC/9/6

Rules and BylawsMMC/9/6/1

Annual ReportsMMC/9/6/2

Reports of Annual MeetingsMMC/9/6/3

The Manchester Royal Infirmary Act 1933MMC/9/6/4

Notes of Infirmary Board MinutesMMC/9/6/5

Documents relating to Appeals and Fund-raisingMMC/9/6/6

History of the M.R.I.MMC/9/6/7

Anniversary Celebrations, 1952 and 2002MMC/9/6/8

Infirmary, Garden Street siteMMC/9/6/9

Infirmary, Piccadilly siteMMC/9/6/10

Historical materialMMC/9/6/10/1

CuttingMMC/9/6/10/1/5

Documents relating to the Infirmary buildingMMC/9/6/10/2

Photos, pictures and plans of buildingMMC/9/6/10/3

Lunatic HospitalMMC/9/6/10/4

Medical conditions at MRI PiccadillyMMC/9/6/10/5

Ward namesMMC/9/6/10/6

Social Conditions at MRI PiccadillyMMC/9/6/10/7

Documents relating to the Rebuilding ControversyMMC/9/6/11

MRI: Oxford Road BuildingMMC/9/6/12

Private Patients' HomeMMC/9/6/13

Nurses' HomeMMC/9/6/14

Departments and Medical Services at MRI, Oxford Road.MMC/9/6/15

MRI Central BranchMMC/9/6/16

MRI and the War, 1939-45MMC/9/6/17

Medical BoardMMC/9/6/18

Medical conditionsMMC/9/6/19

PatientsMMC/9/6/20

Honorary staffMMC/9/6/21

Resident and House Medical StaffMMC/9/6/22

Students at MRIMMC/9/6/23

Nursing staffMMC/9/6/24

Medical SuperintendentsMMC/9/6/25

Other staffMMC/9/6/26

Photographs of StaffMMC/9/6/27

PharmacopoeiaMMC/9/6/28

Salford Royal HospitalMMC/9/7

Ancoats HospitalMMC/9/8

Manchester Royal Children's Hospital, PendleburyMMC/9/9

St Mary's HospitalMMC/9/10

Manchester Southern HospitalMMC/9/11

Manchester Royal Eye HospitalMMC/9/12

Northern HospitalMMC/9/13

Hospital for IncurablesMMC/9/14

Manchester Ear HospitalMMC/9/15

St. John's Hospital of Manchester and Salford for the Ear and EyeMMC/9/16

Duchess of York HospitalMMC/9/17

Manchester and Salford Hospital for Diseases of the SkinMMC/9/18

Manchester Victoria Memorial Jewish HospitalMMC/9/19

Jewish Fresh Air HomeMMC/9/20

Manchester Hospital for ConsumptionMMC/9/21

Christie HospitalMMC/9/22

Holt Radium InstituteMMC/9/23

Manchester Foot HospitalMMC/9/24

St. Luke's Hospital (Lock Hospital)MMC/9/25

Stretford Memorial HospitalMMC/9/26

Urmston Cottage HospitalMMC/9/27

Eccles and Patricroft HospitalMMC/9/28

Dental Hospital and SchoolMMC/9/29

Provident DispensariesMMC/9/30

Chorlton-on-Medlock DispensaryMMC/9/31

Hulme DispensaryMMC/9/32

Greengate Dispensary and Open Air SchoolMMC/9/33

Lower Broughton Provident DispensaryMMC/9/34

Rusholme DispensaryMMC/9/35

Homeopathic HospitalsMMC/9/36

Wythenshawe HospitalMMC/9/37

Manchester School for the Deaf and Dumb including the Deaf and Dumb AsylumMMC/9/38

Henshaw's Institute for the BlindMMC/9/39

Springfield Hospital, CrumpsallMMC/9/40

Ashton-under-Lyne HospitalMMC/9/41

David Lewis Epileptic ColonyMMC/9/42

Barnes Convalescent HospitalMMC/9/43

Cheadle Royal HospitalMMC/9/44

Prestwich HospitalMMC/9/45

Monsall HospitalMMC/9/46

House of RecoveryMMC/9/47

Baguley HospitalMMC/9/48

Grangethorpe HospitalMMC/9/49

2nd Western General HospitalMMC/9/50

Davyhulme Military HospitalMMC/9/51

Barrowmore HospitalMMC/9/52

Crumpsall HospitalMMC/9/53

Withington Hospital (Chorlton Union Hospital)MMC/9/54

Booth Hall HospitalMMC/9/55

Park Hospital, Davyhulme [Trafford General Hospital]MMC/9/56

Hope HospitalMMC/9/57

Manchester Poor Law HospitalsMMC/9/58

Manchester Chronic Diseases HospitalMMC/9/59

Crossley (Star Hall) Hospital, Mitchell Street, AncoatsMMC/9/60

Private LaboratoriesMMC/9/61

Cholera HospitalsMMC/9/62

New Hall ClinicMMC/9/63

St Ann's HospiceMMC/9/64

Wrightington HospitalMMC/9/65

Alexandra HospitalMMC/9/66

Ladywell HospitalMMC/9/67

Free Foot Hospital and National School of ChiropodyMMC/9/68

Private ClinicsMMC/9/69

Nursing in ManchesterMMC/10

National InsuranceMMC/11

Local Authority Public Health DocumentsMMC/12

Public Health Societies in Manchester and SalfordMMC/13

Public Health in Manchester and SalfordMMC/14

Diseases in Manchester and SalfordMMC/15

Former finding aidsMMC/16