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Alexandra Hospital for Children With Hip Disease

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Details

Previous Names
House of Relief for Children with Chronic Diseases of the Joints, 1867 - 1870
Hospital for Hip Diseases in Children, 1870 - 1881
Address
Stockwood Park, Swanley, Luton
Previous Locations
Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London (1867 - 1920)
Kettlewell Home, Swanley, Kent (1920 - 1940)
Foundation Year
1867
Status
Closed (since 1958)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Middlesex
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Children
Pre-1948 information
C: Hip disease / Tuberculous arthritis
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Children's orthopaedic / infantile Cerebral Palsy / Poliomyelitis

Other information

Amalgamated with St Bartholemew's Hospital in 1922 and absorbed by this in 1952. Also Helen Branch Hospital, Bournemouth - Convalescent home for Alexandra Hospital patients, 1874 - 1893 Wash Well Home, Painswick, Gloucestershire - convalescent home for Alexandra Hospital patients 1893 - 1914 Clandon Branch Hospital, East Clandon, Surrey - Branch hospital of the Alexandra Hospital, 1903 - 1936 The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Diseases was opened on 12 March 1867. Founded by a group of women (two of whom were nurses at the nearby Great Ormond Street Hospital), it was known initially as the House of Relief for Children with Chronic Diseases of the Joints, and was based in 19 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London. Hip disease, or tuberculous arthritis, was a common disease at this time, and the demand for the hospital's beds was such that 18 Queen Square was purchased in 1872 to provide additional accommodation. 17 Queen Square was acquired in 1873, and properties in Queens Square Place were added over the following years. In 1881 Princess Alexandra consented to the hospital being re-named in her honour, and by 1897 the Alexandra Hospital had sixty eight beds. However, the buildings in which the hospital was accommodated were dilapidated and unsanitary, and in 1898 a decision was taken to re-build. The hospital took temporary accommodation at 34 Guilford Street, Russell Square, London whilst the rebuilding took place. The new hospital buildings opened on 20 July 1899. In 1920 the Alexandra Hospital moved from its central London location, and took up residence at the Kettlewell Home at Swanley in Kent, the site of St Bartholomew's Hospital's concalescent home. The Alexandra Hospital had had close ties with Bart's institutions. These links were now strengthened, and on 3 November 1922 the hospitals amalgamated. in 1940 the Alexandra Hospital moved for the final time, to Stockwood Park, near Luton, a property on lease from Luton Borough Council. It was later proposed that a further move be made, to Nyn Park in Hertfordshire, but these suggestions came to nothing, and in 1958 the Ministry of Health closed the Alexandra Hospital.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1897 - 1938
    General
    1897 - 1938

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Brief Guide: Hospital and Charity Annual Reports.
    In Annual Reports Collection Reference: SC/PPS/093/01

  • St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives and Museum

    Record types

    Administrative
    1714 - 1958
    General
    1871 - 1958
    Finance
    1867 - 1958
    Estates
    1714 - 1955
    Nursing
    1905 - 1958
    Staff
    1887 - 1955
    Admission
    1867 - 1901
    Clinical
    1866 - 1958
    Ephemera
    1867 - 1955
    Pictorial
    1896 - 1955
    Other
    1922 - 1958

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue, Card index, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Alexandra Hospital School attendance and log books, 1933 - 1958