Corporate DS/IM/30 Isle of Man; Ballamona Hospital; 1868-1998? Ballamona Hospital Isle of Man 1868-1998? Ballamona Hospital was the mental health care facility on the Isle of Man from 1868 until ... The original hospital block that was built between 1866-1868. was demolished in 1998 to make way for a new main hospital of the the Island, Nobles Hospital. -History of name 1868-1948 Isle of Man Lunatic Asylum 1948-1955 Isle of Man Mental Hospital 1956-closure Ballamona Hospital Core legislation: Lunatic Asylum Act 1860 Mental Diseases Act 1924 Mental Diseases Act 1932 Manx National Health Service Act 1948 Independent inquiries: 1985-1986: Bener and Evans: recommended stronger management of hospitals by teams of professionals rather than the Hospital Committees; using Ballamona as a place to provide treatment for elderly, and moving non-geriatic mental health patients into the community. 1990-1991: Liverpool University Health Planning Consortium: 1992: Tynwald approval for Ballamona to be the site for the new Nobles Hospital. -Foundation, including Castle Rushen, Rushen Abbey, Oatlands Farm -Early Years 1868 -1900 -Up until Health Services Board 1901-1948 Run by Mental Hospital and Assessments Board -Up until closure 1948-1992 Carnane Ward built in 1953 - first facilities for children at the hospital Run by Health Services Board and the Ballamona Hospital Administration Committee - monthly meeting of the latter, looked after the hospital on behald of the Board; also had a Visiting remit - duty visitor each month. In the 1950s this became the Hospitals Administration Committee when White Hoe Isloation Hospital and Cronk Ruagh Sanatorium were administratively merged with Ballamona. This did not last long as Cronk Ruagh was transfered to Ramsey Cottage Hospital and White Hoe to Nobels Hospital. Then it returned to being the Ballamona Hospital Administration Committee. Development of the estate Home Farm - part of Hospital grounds. Other farms rented/owned and farmed by Ballamona patients included Ballabeg and Caslteward. Medical Superintendents (Chief medical officer at the hosptial): Until the 1950s the Medical Superintendent was responsible for everything at the hospital: including administration, finance and medical supervision. 1864-1868 Dr S.C. Nelson (Visiton Surgeon at Oatlands Farm, temporary asylum) 1868-1871 Joseph Tregelles Hingston 1871-1876 Dr Arthur R. Harrison 1876-1884 Dr T. Outterson Wood 1884-1916 Dr William Richardson 1916-1919 Dr A Finigan 1919-1922 Dr F.C. Blakiston 1922-1947 Dr L.H. Skene 1947-1952 Dr L.D. Gardner 1964-1966 Dr I. Frost 1966- Dr W.R. Costain A psychiatric hospital Cubbon, Marshall et al 'Ballamona Hospital 1868-1968; souvenir Programme', 1968. Evans, Max 'Time to Remember', 1996; Manx Heritage Foundation Oral History Project Transcript. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Grkdoy 02/02/2016 Graski 22/04/2020 0bc6d64e-254d-4a8e-9d0b-a9bb3857df90