Friern Hospital, London: a seated man, wearing a hospital gown with a number stamped on it. Photograph, 1890/1910.

Date:
1890
Reference:
34090i
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Friern Hospital, London: a seated man, wearing a hospital gown with a number stamped on it. Photograph, 1890/1910. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Friern Hospital, previously known as Colney Hatch Asylum, a psychiatric hospital, opened in Barnet, North London in July 1851. Initially it held 1,250 patients, but by the time it was renamed as Friern Hospital in 1937, it had been enlarged and held 2,700. The hospital closed c. 1995

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[Barnet]

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1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 14.3 x 8.9 cm

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Folio bears number: 12

Reference

Wellcome Collection 34090i

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  • album of photographs of Friern Hospital

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