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Hospital

South Ockendon Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
South Ockendon Colony
Address
South Ockendon, RM15 6SB
Previous Trusts
Thameside Community Healthcare 1993 - 1994
Foundation Year
1932
Status
Closed (since 1994)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North East Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
South Ockendon Group
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
Basildon and Thurrock
District Authority (Post-1982)
Basildon and Thurrock
Pre-1974 County
Essex
Post-1974 County
Essex
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

See (i) Randal Bingley, 'South Ockendon: Echoes from an Essex Hospital' (typeset, 1993); a copy is available at the Essex Record Office, Chelmsford. (ii) Richard Harris, ' Preserving and using archives', in Dorothy Atkinson, Mark Jackson and Jan Walmsley (eds) Forgotten Lives: Exploring the history of learning disability (BILD Publications 1997).

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