City Hospital is a health facility on Urquhart Road in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.

History

The facility, which was designed by William Smith, was established as an infectious diseases hospital in 1874. It was significantly expanded in 1895 and a new nurses' home was completed in 1931. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. During the

1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak In 1964, there was an outbreak of typhoid in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The first two cases were identified on 20 May 1964; eventually over 400 cases were diagnosed and the patients were quarantined at the City Hospital in Urquhart Road, Wo ...

, over 400 cases were diagnosed and the patients were quarantined at the City Hospital and Woodend Hospital, although no fatalities resulted.

References

Hospitals in Aberdeen 1874 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1874 Hospital buildings completed in 1874 NHS Scotland hospitals {{UK-hospital-stub