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ST PAULS HOSPITAL HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Catalogue reference: HW1
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HW1
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Title (The name of the record)
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ST PAULS HOSPITAL HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records relating to St Paul's Hospital Hemel Hempstead, transferred 11 Aug 1971.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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[Off Acc 422]
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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St Paul's Hospital originally opened in 1836 as the workhouse for the Hemel Hempstead Union, which consisted of the parishes of Bovingdon, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley (the parish of Markyate was created in 1897). The workhouse had an infirmary with 224 beds to house patients who were aged, infirm or chronically ill. The workhouse and infirmary were situated in Allendale Road in Hemel Hempstead.
From April 1930 under the Local Government Act 1929, responsibility for the workhouses, including workhouse infirmaries, passed from the Boards of Guardians to the County Council's Dacorum Guardians Committee, which was responsible for the area of the former Hemel Hempstead Union plus part of the former Berkhamsted Union. The workhouse became known as Hempstead House. In May 1935 the Berkhamsted workhouse closed and Hempstead House became responsible for the poor, including the sick poor, of the entire Dacorum Guardians Committee area.
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This record is held at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Within the fonds: H
RECORDS RELATING TO PRE-NHS HOSPITALS IN HERTFORDSHIRE
Within the sub-fonds: HW
RECORDS RELATING TO THE HERTFORDSHIRE WORKHOUSE HOSPITALS
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ST PAULS HOSPITAL HEMEL HEMPSTEAD