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Hospital

Plaistow Maternity Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Mathernity Charity and District Nurses' Home (Until 1925)
Address
Howards Road, London, E13
Previous Locations
Chesterton Road, Plaistow, London, E13 (1923 - ?) This address is of the Hospital the other is of the Head Office.
Foundation Year
1923
Status
Closed (since 1973)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North East Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
West Ham Group
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
London
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Maternity
Post-1948
Maternity

Other information

None

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1905 - 1947
    General
    1905 - 1947

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Brief Report: Hospital and Charity Annual Report.
    Annual Reports - Annual Report Collection SC/PPS/093/46,84
  • Royal London Hospital Archives Centre and Museum

    Record types

    Administrative
    1896 - 1960
    General
    1948 - 1948
    Finance
    1919 - 1954
    Nursing
    1896 - 1960
    Clinical
    1934 - 1937
    Pictorial
    1900 - 1960

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Details
    Transferred from Newham Local Studies Library 1997. Currently being listed, Dec 2000
    Casebook is that of a midwife. The early records pertain to Howard's Road Nurses Home, under whose direction the Hospital was, pre 1948.