Exe Vale Hospital Nurses Badge Exminster

A Chrome and enamel Badge for the Exe Vale Hospital.Administrative history:
Commonly known as Exminster Hospital, it was finally commissioned in 1841 by Devon Quarter Sessions from the eminent London architect, Charles Fowler, after various attempts to establish a county asylum over the previous 22 years had come to nothing and just before it became mandatory for counties to provide asylums for the mentally ill. J.C. Bucknill, who has been described as a 'key figure in the consolidation period of psychiatric reform', was appointed as its first Superintendent and patients were admitted in August 1845. It was then known as Devon County Lunatic Asylum, Exminster.
Transferred to the National Health Service in 1948, it was closed (as Exe Vale Hospital) in July 1986
A chrome and enamel badge in the form of a six pointed star in very good condition.Pin and clasp intact.Makers mark Fattorini & Sons 88 Barr Street B'Ham
Height 34mm

Code: 50279