The North Middlesex University Hospital, known locally as North Mid, is a District General Hospital

Hospital

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 (DGH) in Edmonton

Edmonton, London

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, in the London Borough of Enfield

London Borough of Enfield

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, within the area served by the Enfield Primary Care NHS Trust

Enfield Primary Care NHS Trust

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As with many hospitals in the United Kingdom

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, the North Mid began life as a workhouse

Workhouse

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 in 1840. The workhouse, built on land previously known as Langhedge Field, received its first inmates, totalling 400 men and women, in 1842. Children in the area were sent to the Chase Farm Schools Institution, later to become Chase Farm Hospital

Chase Farm Hospital

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More land was added to the site as demand for pauper accommodation rose, and the need became clear for a separate building to treat the sick.