Royal London Hospital Archives Centre and Museum
Record types
- Administrative
- 1911 - 1950
- General
- 1911 - 1944
- Finance
- 1927 - 1950
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Brief guide (BG)
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
Hospital
Little Folks Home
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Address
- Little Common, Bexhill On Sea
- Previous Locations
- Woodham Rise, Woking, during WWII
- Foundation Year
- 1911
- Status
- Closed (since 1975)
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- North East Metropolitan
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Queen Elizabeth
- 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
- Sussex
- Post-1974 County
- Not Applicable
- Post-1996 County
- Not applicable
Status
- Pre-1948
- Other
- Pre-1948 information
- OTHER: Free for patients of the Queen's Hospital for Children, London.
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- Children
- Pre-1948 information
- C: Convalescent home.
- Post-1948
- Other
- Post-1948 information
- OTHER: Children's convalescent home.
Other information
The Home was for children of both sexes aged from three to fourteen, who had been patients of the Queen's Hospital for Children, London. They could stay for 50 days. In 1929 there were 257 patients and 36 beds, of which 34 were occupied on average. The Home had been purchased and was partly maintained by the readers of 'Little Folks'.
Record locations
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- With records of Queen Elizabeth's Children's Service