SCH SAN

Reference code

SCH SAN

Title

Sanatorium

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Series

Administrative / Biographical history

Although Henry VI provided for the possibility of illness in scholars, there was no suitable accommodation included for the care of sick boys, instead relying on places within the town. Various plans over the next centuries for buildings came to nothing. The first proper sanatorium was built in 1844, and could accommodate 24 cases of infectious disease. The original building, called the Sandles, was about a mile outside College. In 1896, an isolation hospital was built next to the existing sanatorium. In 1985, it was agreed to build a new sanatorium above the St John the Evangelist church in Eton High Street. It was officially opened in 1991.

In 2015, the Sanatorium changed its name to the Health Centre.