Whittingham Hospital
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| Opened | April 1, 1873 |
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| Locations | Whittingham |
| Lancashire | |
| England | |
| Founded | April 1 |
| 1873 | |
| Care system | National Health Service |
| Closed | 1995 |
| Funding | Public hospital |
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| ID | 2589937 |
About Whittingham Hospital
Whittingham Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in the parish of Whittingham, near Preston, Lancashire, England. The hospital opened in 1873 as the Fourth Lancashire County Asylum and grew to be the largest mental hospital in Britain, and pioneered the use of electroencephalograms. It closed in 1995.
