Catalogue description South Shields Maternity Hospital

This record is held by Tyne and Wear Archives

Details of HO.SSM
Reference: HO.SSM
Title: South Shields Maternity Hospital
Description:

Hospital records
Date: 1919-1973
Held by: Tyne and Wear Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

South Shields Maternity Hospital
Physical description: 5 SERIES
Immediate source of acquisition:

Accessions 2282 (part), 2798 (part), 2835 (part), 2868 (part)
Subjects:
  • Health services
  • Clinical medicine
  • Nursing
  • Patients
  • Health policy
  • Diseases
  • Medical sciences
  • Preventive medicine
Administrative / biographical background:

South Shields Maternity Hospital was built by South Shields Corporation as part of the General Hospital [see HO.SSG] in 1939. In September 1953, it was split from the General to become a hospital in its own right.

 

The Maternity and Birth registers have been listed here together, as they form a complete series from the General Hospital through to the Maternity Hospital.
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