Queen Marys Hospital for Children

Details

Name :

Queen Marys Hospital for Children

Address  :

Wrythe Lane

Town  :

Carshalton

State  :

Surrey

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

SM5 1AA

Phone  :

020 8296 2000

Web URL  :


Description

In 1896 the Metropolitan Asylums Board MAB acquired a 136acre site at Carshalton on which they intended to construct a 800bed convalescent hospital to be known as the Southern Hospital Buildings for this purpose were erected on the site in 19078 However on 1st September 1908 the MAB was given the additional responsibility of dealing with quotsick or convalescent or debilitated childrenquot

It was therefore decided to adapt Carshalton as a general hospital for one thousand children under the name of the Childrens Hospital The former Gore Farm Hospital at Darenth previously mainly used by convalescing smallpox patients took on a more general convalescent role and also inherited the name of the Southern Hospital In 1914 following the accession of King George the Fifth and Queen Mary to the throne the Childrens Hospital was renamed Queen Marys Hospital for Children

At the entrance to the site at the north were placed the hospitals administrative block together the kitchens laundry staff blocks medical superintendents house and porters lodge The children were accommodated in 24 pairs of Ushaped singlestorey cottages arranged in three echelons Each group of four cottages was accompanied by a staff house

Two hospital blocks for surgical cases were placed at the south of the site Queen Marys was also home to the first MAB training school for nurses

In 1959 the Fountain Hospital for mentally handicapped children was to transferred to the Queen Mary site to create the first fully comprehensive childrens hospital in the United Kingdom

The eastern part of the hospital site has now been redeveloped for residential use and the hospital buildings demolished The administrative block superintendents house community hall and a number of other blocks still survive


History

History
In 1896 the Metropolitan Asylums Board MAB acquired a 136acre site at Carshalton on which they intended to construct a 800bed convalescent hospital to be known as the Southern Hospital

Buildings for this purpose were erected on the site in 19078 However on 1st September 1908 the MAB was given the additional responsibility of dealing with quotsick or convalescent or debilitated childrenquot

It was therefore decided to adapt Carshalton as a general hospital for one thousand children under the name of the Childrens Hospital

The former Gore Farm Hospital at Darenth previously mainly used by convalescing smallpox patients took on a more general convalescent role and also inherited the name of the Southern Hospital In 1914 following the accession of King George the Fifth and Queen Mary to the throne the Childrens Hospital was renamed Queen Marys Hospital for Children

At the entrance to the site at the north were placed the hospitals administrative block together the kitchens laundry staff blocks medical superintendents house and porters lodge The children were accommodated in 24 pairs of Ushaped singlestorey cottages arranged in three echelons Each group of four cottages was accompanied by a staff house

Two hospital blocks for surgical cases were placed at the south of the site Queen Marys was also home to the first MAB training school for nursesIn 1959 the Fountain Hospital for mentally handicapped children was to transferred to the Queen Mary site to create the first fully comprehensive childrens hospital in the United Kingdom

The eastern part of the hospital site has now been redeveloped for residential use and the hospital buildings demolished The administrative block superintendents house community hall and a number of other blocks still survive
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