Essex Record Office
Record types
- Administrative
- 1837 - 1970
- General
- 1837 - 1970
- Finance
- 1837 - 1929
- Nursing
- 1951 - 1964
- Admission
- 1926 - 1929
- Clinical
- 1970 - 1980
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
- Details
- A/HM 3
Hospital
St John's Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Chelmsford Workhouse (1877 - 1915)
- Chelmsford Institution (c.1915 - 1938)
- Address
- Wood Street, Chelmsford, CM2 9BG
- Current Trust
- Mid Essex Hospital Services (since 1992)
- Foundation Year
- 1877
- Status
- Open
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- North East Metropolitan
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Chelmsford Group
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- North East Thames
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- North East Thames
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Chelmsford
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Mid-Essex
- Pre-1974 County
- Essex
- Post-1974 County
- Essex
- Post-1996 County
- Essex
Status
- Pre-1948
- Local Authority, Poor Law
- Pre-1948 information
- PLI: Chelmsford Poor Law Union. 1837 - 1930
- Local Authority 1930 - 1948
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- General
- Post-1948
- Acute
Other information
None
Record locations
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- An infectious ward was built at the workhouse in 1877; the workhouse itself was opened in 1837. Patients' records are operation registers. Additional theatre registers (A/HM addl) NRA Accessions to Repositories 2006; further records 1936-1967, Acc to Repos 2007