Cardiff City Mental Hospital – 1908

January 8th, 2010 by Admin Leave a reply »

On 15th of April 1908, the new Cardiff City Mental Hospital was opened at a cost of £350,000. It had capacity for 750 patients, 366 male and 414 female.  Prior to this, patients from the former County of Glamorgan were either admitted to the County Asylum at Bridgend or were decanted to institutions as far away as Brighton.

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