Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Record types
- Administrative
- 1901 - 1920
Finding aids
- Details
- UMIST: Guide to the Records of Health Services in the Manchester Area, 1981
Hospital
Macalpine Maternity Home
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Address
- Belfield Lodge, Willow Bank, Manchester
- Foundation Year
- 1890
- Status
- Closed
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- Not Applicable
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Not Applicable
- 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
- Lancashire
- Post-1974 County
- Not Applicable
- Post-1996 County
- Not applicable
Status
- Pre-1948
- Voluntary
Type
- Pre-1948
- Maternity
Other information
The home was founded in 1890. By 1929 (at which time the secretary was a Miss Macalpine) the home was benefitting 55 mothers and 45 babies. Unmarried mothers of previous good character were received for their first confinement. Admission was by payment according to arrangement, with selection by committee. [1929 Burdett's Hospital and Charities].
Record locations
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- Record of Work, 1901, 1920