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Western General Hospital |
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Western General Hospital Brief History |
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1868 - 1914 Craigleith Poorhouse |
Edinburgh had three poorhouses in the 1860s, at Canongate, St Cuthbert's and Craiglockhart. The St Cuthbert's Poorhouse was in poor condition and was replaced, in 1868, by a Craigleith Poorhouse to serve the St Cuthbert's district. This included an infirmary for the care of sick paupers. The new St Cuthbert's Poorhouse was built at Crewe Road, about 2 miles NW of the centre of Edinburgh, on land purchased from the Fettes Trust. |
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1914-1919 2nd Scottish General Hospital |
From 1914 until 1919, the Poorhouse was taken over as a military hospital and renamed the 2nd Scottish General Hospital, Craigleith. |
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1919-1929
Craigleith Poorhouse |
Following the end of World War I, the hospital again became Craigleith Poorhouse. |
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From 1929 Western General Hospital |
The Local Government (Scotland) 1929 Act discontinued Parish Councils, the bodies previously responsible for poorhouses. Edinburgh Town Council took over the hospital , improved it, made it available to the general public and equipped it as a teaching hospital. The name was changed to become The Western General Hospital. |