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Netherne, c.1959: a Surrey mental hospital in focus

17 May 2023 @ 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

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Netherne Mental Hospital, Coulsdon was opened by Surrey County Council in 1909. Initially accommodating 960 patients, by 1950 numbers had increased to 2,000. The hospital closed in 1994. The surviving archive, now preserved at Surrey History Centre, includes 19,500 patient case files and around 10,000 photographs taken c.1959, exploring all aspects of the hospital’s life. From the wards to the airing courts; the art therapy unit to the operating table, these vivid images provide a rare glimpse of daily life inside a Surrey psychiatric hospital, allowing us to take a tour of the hospital on a typical day at what was a turning point in its history.

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Date:
17 May 2023
Time:
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Website:
https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/events

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