[4] In March 1922, the hospital treated several victims of the Tipton Catastrophe, a factory explosion in which 24 teenage girls who were dismantling surplus World War I ammunition suffered extensive burns, 19 dying.

[7] Today the horseshoe-shaped building is used as an outpatient centre for Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.

Most of the buildings are due to be retained owing to their historic importance, though some of the less significant structures were demolished to make way for a housing development - these included the wards at the rear of the site which were built in the 1930s, as well as the hydrotherapy pool and physiotherapy department.

The administration building, former out-patients unit and hospital lodge were retained to form residential properties.

[8] A major programme of renovation work to convert the main hospital building into 29 apartments began in November 2015.