In existence in 1892, this was an isolation hospital when the NHS took it over in 1948. The isolation hospital closed in November 1949, after which it was a children’s psychiatric hospital 1952-1988. The buildings were sold in 1990. Smiths came under Reading and District (1948-1949), Berkshire County Mental (1949-c.1968) and St. Birinus (c.1968-1974) Hospital Management Committees. West Berkshire Health Authority took over in 1974.

Records of Smiths Isolation Hospital

Committee minutes 1948-1949

Oxfordshire History Centre has admission records 1892-1948 [reference; P397/R/1: limited access – refer to staff at Oxfordshire History Centre].

Some information with the St Birinus Group Hospital Management Committee records at Berkshire Record Office

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