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Plaistow: St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children
Catalogue reference: DT 33/786
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This record is about the Plaistow: St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children dating from 1946 Oct-1966 Dec in the series General Nursing Council for England and Wales: Education: Hospital Inspectors' Reports.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946 Oct-1966 Dec
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Plaistow: St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Nursing
- Children
- Hospitals
- Sex and gender
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General Nursing Council for England and Wales: Education: Hospital Inspectors' Reports...
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