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Hospital

Goodmayes Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
West Ham Borough Asylum; Ilford Asylum; West Ham Mental Hospital
Address
Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Ilford, IG3 8XJ
Current Trust
North East London NHS Foundation Trust (since 1993)
Previous Trusts
Redbridge Health Care Trust
Foundation Year
1898
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North East Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Ilford and District
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
East Roding
District Authority (Post-1982)
Redbridge
Pre-1974 County
Essex
Post-1974 County
Essex
Post-1996 County
Essex

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Goodmayes Hospital

    Account books and admission register, early C20th. Reported to still hold patient records. Other records are in area currently closed off for health and safety reasons.
  • Newham Archaeology and Local History Centre

    Record types

    Ephemera
    1901 - 1901
    Pictorial
    1901 - 1910
    Other
    1886 - 1999

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    Other
    Souvenir booklet of hospital opening, photos from early years, brief history of the hospital. West Ham Council/Committee minutes up to 1947 include the Asylum House/Visiting Committees and the Committee for the Care of the Mentally Defective and contain information on the administration of this hospital