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Hospital

Birkenhead Children's Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Wirral Dispensary and Hospital for Sick Children (1869 - 1872)
Birkenhead and Wirral Children's Hospital (1872 - c.1948)
Address
Woodchurch Road, Birkenhead
Foundation Year
1869
Status
Closed (since 1982)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Liverpool
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Birkenhead
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Mersey
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Cheshire
Post-1974 County
Merseyside
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Children
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Children.

Other information

Hospital services transferred to Arrowe Park Hospital.

Record locations

  • Wirral Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1870 - 1979
    General
    1870 - 1974
    Nursing
    1932 - 1944
    Admission
    1949 - 1979
    Ephemera
    1883 - 1948
    Pictorial
    1884 - 1938

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA), Other
    Details
    AR: CAT:
    AR: See also Birkenhead Hospital Management Committee.
    OTHER: Liverpool University Archives.