The hospital was built to serve a growing Mansfield community, at a time when diseases such as typhoid, smallpox, tuberculosis and diptheria were common.
The original structure was built at a cost of £2,000 on West Hill Drive, and had just five beds, however demand meant that many extensions would be built over the years.
As the years passed, services were slowly transferred to King’s Mill hospital, before it’s doors closed for good in 1992.
A local photographer was given permission to take photographs prior to the demolition, and shows an eerie scene of discarded paperwork and medical equipment.
9. Child-friendly
Any children who visited the hospital must remember these adorning the walls? | Other 3rd Party Photo: L Jackson
10. Old technology
Back in the day, this would have been a high tech piece of kit - did you use it, or have it used on you? | Other 3rd Party Photo: L Jackson
11. Dilapidated
With discarded trolleys, beds and chairs, it's a sad sight for what would have been an impressive room. Do you recognise it? | Other 3rd Party Photo: L Jackson
12. Blast from the past
Information on AIDS shows how big an issue this was in the eighties | Other 3rd Party Photo: L Jackson