Brighton Mental Asylum 1859 - 1948
- occupation:
- Psychiatric hospital
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- Brighton, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
opened as Sussex Lunatic Asylum on 25th July 1859, became Brighton County Borough Asylum in 1903. passed over to the NHS in 1948 and was renamed St Francis Hospital. Located in Brighton & Haywards Heath.
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Button making equipment for occupational therapy
Restraint blanket
Button making equipment for occupational therapy
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