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Normansfield Hospital was a facility for patients with an intellectual disability situated in Teddington, Middlesex. == History == It was founded in 1868 by John Langdon Down,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Normansfield Hospital )〕 after whom Down syndrome was named. When he died in 1896, his sons, Reginald and Percival, succeeded him.〔 The hospital closed in 1997 and the building now houses the Down Museum and the headquarters of the Down's Syndrome Association. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.derelictlondon.com/hospitals.html )〕 It was the scene of a 1976 strike by the nursing staff in the Trades Union COHSE.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nhsmanagers.net/guest-editorials/dark-corners-of-the-nhs-no-19-normansfield-hospital/ )〕 The nurses were angry that the regional health authority had ignored their grievances against consultant psychiatrist Terence Lawlor and demanded that he be suspended. His suspension led to a public inquiry chaired by Michael Sherrard.〔(British Medical Journal )〕 It was one of many official inquiries into National Health Service (NHS) mental hospitals during that period. COHSE was roundly criticized for a strike over which its officials had broken union rules, misled their membership and then blamed the nurses. The inquiry recommended that Lawlor should be sacked and never allowed to work in the National Health Service again. The same judgement applied to multiple senior nurses and administrators. The Down's Syndrome Association operates the Langdon Down Centre in the former hospital's theatre wing, which includes the: * Normansfield Theatre, a Grade II * listed Victorian Theatre * Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability - the museum's exhibits include John Langdon Down and his family, the history of the care of people with learning disabilities, and the history of the Normansfield Hospital and its residents. The museum also features art, including many works by James Henry Pullen, and artefacts of the former Royal Earlswood Museum in Surrey about the former Royal Earlswood Hospital.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sabp.nhs.uk/news/old-news/royal-earlswood-collection-to-take-pride-of-place-in-downs-syndrome-associations-new-learning-disability-history-museum )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.visitrichmond.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=3504754 )〕 The museum opened in 2012. * The national office of the Down's Syndrome Association and Down Syndrome International. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Normansfield Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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