Lost_Hospitals_of

Just before the end of the 19th century Northfleet Urban District Council built a smallpox hospital with 6 beds a mile or so to the north of the Gravesend Sanatorium.

Not much is known about this Hospital, but it probably received smallpox patients until the River Hospitals (Long Reach, Orchard and Joyce Green) opened in the 1900s.

The Hospital continued to be available for infectious diseases patients, as necessary, until the outbreak of WW2 in 1939.

Present status (March 2012)

The Hospital buildings were eventually demolished and the site became a recreation ground until the area was redeveloped for new housing.

LOST HOSPITALS OF LONDON
	Northfleet Isolation Hospital off Springhead Road, Northfleet, Kent DA11 8EA

	Medical dates: Medical character:	1887 ? - 1939 Isolation, Infectious diseases
	Just before the end of the 19th century Northfleet Urban District Council built a smallpox hospital with 6 beds a mile or so to the north of the Gravesend Sanatorium. Not much is known about this Hospital, but it probably received smallpox patients until the River Hospitals (Long Reach, Orchard and Joyce Green) opened in the 1900s. The Hospital continued to be available for infectious diseases patients, as necessary, until the outbreak of WW2 in 1939. Present status (March 2012) The Hospital buildings were eventually demolished and the site became a recreation ground until the area was redeveloped for new housing.
	The Hospital site now contains a small estate with new roads - Haldane Gardens (above and below) and Camden Close. Camden Close (above and below).
	References (Accessed 21st April 2016) http://edithsstreets.blogspot.co.uk http://ukga.org
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