 The number of poor males which could be accommodated was increased to twelve in 1622.The 'Hospital' was run as a charity by a corporation and a resident Master.The modern hospital, which started life as an isolation unit in 1902, was, by 1979, a rehabilitation centre catering for the young chronic sick and geriatric patients and the terminally ill, as well as those recovering from accidents and serious operations run by Derbyshire Area Health Authority.