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Records of the EAST END MATERNITY HOSPITAL, 384 - 398 Commercial Road, London
Catalogue reference: EM
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This record is about the Records of the EAST END MATERNITY HOSPITAL, 384 - 398 Commercial Road, London dating from 1884-1968.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- EM
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the EAST END MATERNITY HOSPITAL, 384 - 398 Commercial Road, London
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1884-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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The collection contains administrative, chaplain's, financial, patient and nursing records
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>East End Maternity Hospital, Stepney, London</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 89 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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EM/A/1, 2, EM/C/1 and EM/M/1/11. 18 and 19 were transferred by the East: London Hospital Management Committee to Tower Hamlets Central: Library before 1974 and by the Library to Tower Hamlets Health Authority Archives on 13th June 1985. The remaining records were transferred from Mile End Hospital.
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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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The Hospital was founded in 1884 as the Mother's Lying-in Hospital in Glamis Road, Shadwell. The name was changed in 1928. in 1930 it had about 60 beds. During the Second World War the Hospital occupied premises at Hill Hall, Essex, and Tyringham House. With the advent of the National Health Service, in 1948, it became part of the Stepney Group of Hospitals, which was merged in 1966 to form the East London Group. The Hospital was closed in 1968.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8794c81d-737c-498c-bcab-b4d11bce27e9/
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Records of the EAST END MATERNITY HOSPITAL, 384 - 398 Commercial Road, London