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Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Children's Service

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
The Dispensary for Women and Children (1867 - 1868)
North Eastern Hospital for Children (1868 - 1908)
The Queen's Hospital for Children (by 1929 - 1948); Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children (to 1998)
Address
Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB
Previous Locations
37 Virginia Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 (1867 - 1868)
125 Hackney Road, Shoreditch (not Bethnal Green) (1868 - c.1870); 327 Hackney Road London 1870-1998
Foundation Year
1867
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North East Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Queen Elizabeth
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Teaching Hospitals (London)
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Teaching
District Authority (1974-1982)
The Hospital for Sick Children
District Authority (Post-1982)
The Hospital for Sick Children
Pre-1974 County
Middlesex/London
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Greater London

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Children, Women
Post-1948
Acute, Other
Post-1948 information
AC: Children.
OTHER: Accident and Emergency, under- and postgraduate training, paediatrics.

Other information

In 1929 the hospital had 134 beds with an average occupancy of 123. Of these, six were reserved for isolation cases and six for eye cases. The hospital contained X-ray, light treatment, massage and dental departments, including the London County Council dental centre. The was a seaside branch at Bexhill, purchased and partly maintained by the readers of 'Little Folks'. The hospital ran a Samaritan Fund and a Convalescent Fund, and was affiliated to the Federated Superannuation Scheme. [Burdett's Hospitals and Charities, 1929] The hospital was one of the Queen Elizabeth Children's Hospitals from 1942 to c.1975, at which time it was the only remaining hospital from the original group.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1897 - 1947
    General
    1897 - 1947

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Brief Guide: Hospital and Charity Annual Report.
    Annual Reports - Annual Reports Collection SC/PPS/093/51,84

  • Royal London Hospital Archives Centre and Museum

    Record types

    Administrative
    1868 - 1998
    General
    1868 - 1990
    Finance
    1874 - 1990
    Estates
    1873 - 1990
    Nursing
    1899 - 1973
    Staff
    1897 - 1990
    Admission
    1913 - 1990
    Clinical
    1893 - 1980
    Ephemera
    1893 - 1963
    Pictorial
    1890 - 1998

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), Other
    Details
    Other: AIM 25
    Inc records of Little Folks' Home Bexhill [annexe} and Banstead Branch