Public Hospital for the Insane (New Westminster)

Identity area

Type of entity

Government

Authorized form of name

Public Hospital for the Insane (New Westminster)

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • Public Hospital for the Insane (New Westminster, B.C.)

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Description area

Dates of existence

1897-1950

History

The New Westminster Provincial Asylum opened in 1878. That same year, the Asylum at Royal Hospital in Victoria closed and all patients were transferred to New Westminster. In 1897 the New Westminster Provincial Asylum was renamed the Public Hospital for the Insane (PHI), also referred to as the Provincial Hospital for the Insane.

In 1913, all male patients were transferred to the newly opened Essondale hospital in Coquitlam. Only female patients were treated at PHI until 1930 when the Female Chronic Unit opened at Essondale, later renamed East Lawn. After 1930, the focus of PHI moved to caring for the cognitively disabled.

In 1950 PHI was renamed Woodlands School and cared exclusively for children.

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Relationships area

Related entity

New Westminster Provincial Asylum (1878-1897)

Identifier of related entity

14858

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

New Westminster Provincial Asylum

is the predecessor of

Public Hospital for the Insane (New Westminster)

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

Related entity

Woodlands School (New Westminster, B.C.) (1950-1996)

Identifier of related entity

37431

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

Woodlands School (New Westminster, B.C.)

is the successor of

Public Hospital for the Insane (New Westminster)

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Description of relationship

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Control area

Authority record identifier

2062

Institution identifier

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Revised PW/KH 2017-05-26
Revised: RMCRORY 2022-06-08

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ORACLE database
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