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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1427
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Metropolitan Infirmary, Northumberland Road, Margate

Summary

Site of Metropolitan Infirmary, Northumberland Road (now Northdown Road), Margate


Grid Reference:TR 3586 7115
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • INFIRMARY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1841 AD to 1970 AD?)
  • SCHOOL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1841 AD to 1970 AD?)

Full description

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Site of Metropolitan Infirmary, Northumberland Road(now Northdown Road), Margate as shown on thethe 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition O/S maps and the Margate Town map 4.23. The building would appear to have been demolished as it is not shown on the current O/S map.(2-6)

The Metropolitan Infirmary was founded in 1841 to treat children suffering from conditions such as scrofula (a tubercular disease affecting the lymph glands of the neck), rickets and opthalmia. Sea-bathing and sea-water baths were prominent among the treatment provided. Children at the infirmary also received school lessons during their stay there. In 1900 the Infirmary premises were taken over by the West Ham union and continued to operate as a convalescent home for 150 patients. (1)


<1> Peter Higginbotham, 2000, The Workhouse (Website). SKE56079.

<2> Ordinance Survey, 1872, Margate - Kent XXV 4_23 (Map). SKE56386.

<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

<4> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<5> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<6> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Website: Peter Higginbotham. 2000. The Workhouse.
<2>Map: Ordinance Survey. 1872. Margate - Kent XXV 4_23.
<3>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.
<4>Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
<5>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
<6>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.