Duchess of York Hospital

The Manchester Babies Hospital opened on 4 August 1914.

Catherine Chisholm was instrumental in establishing the hospital. She was one of the first consultants. Initially the hospital was created as a small facility with just 12 beds, aimed at providing specialist care for the "...more effective treatment of babies and very young children suffering from diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders." It was based on the model of the London Infants Hospital, but like the Clapham Maternity Hospital, all the doctors were female..

In 1919 it moved to Cringle Hall in Burnage having previously been in Levenshulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock. It then had 50 beds; the number of patients increased from 82 in the first year to 430 in 1929. After the building of a new pavilion on the open-air principle with glass wards specially designed for the treatment of rickets in 1925 the number of cots rose to 80. In 1935 a new hospital wing with much improved surgical facilities was opened by the Duchess of York in June 1935. It was renamed the 'Duchess of York Hospital for Babies'..

Until the creation of the National Health Service in 1948 the hospital was supported by the Corporation of Manchester and by voluntary contributions. It closed in 1986 and a new Duchess of York ward was then opened in Withington Hospital.

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