LOST HOSPITALS OF LONDON | |||
A brief
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LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE (EMS) As the prospect of war loomed in the summer of 1939 the Ministry of Health had no idea of how many hospital beds were available and had no means of finding out. The authorities estimated that some 100,000 tons of bombs would be dropped on London in the first fortnight of war. A quarter of a million casualties were anticipated and contingency plans were made to organise sufficient medical care. The eminent surgeon Sir Claude Frankau (1883-1967) became Director of the London and Home Counties section of the EMS. THE EMERGENCY HOSPITALS SCHEMEFOR LONDON London was divided into 10 triangular sectors. Each had their apex on the one of large teaching hospitals, whose patients were to be evacuated so that the expected casualties could receive treatment. Each sector would be run from a peripheral base hospital several miles outside London. SECTOR I (Essex)
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Albert Dock HospitalAldersbrook Children's Home, Snaresbrook Australian (Barnado's) Hospital Barking Hospital Barking Upney Maternity Hospital Black Notley Sanatorium, Braintree Balaam Street Children's Hospital, Plaistow Braintree Public Assistance Institution Brentwood District Hospital Brentwood Mental Hospital Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital, Woodford Green Chelmsford & Essex Hospital Claybury Mental Hospital Colchester Maternity Hospital Colchester Public Assistance Institution Connaught Hospital East Ham Memorial Hospital Epping & District Cottage Hospital Essex County Hospital, Colchester Forest Gate Public Assistance Institution Forest Hospital, Buckhurst Hill Friends Convalescent Home, Benfleet, Canvey Island Fyfield Open Air School, Ongar Goodmayes Mental Hospital Great West Hatch Public Assistance Institution, Chigwell Hainault Lodge Chronic Public Assistance Institution, Chigwell Halstead Cottage Hospital Harold Court Sanatorium, Harold Wood Harold Wood Hospital Harts Sanatorium, Woodford Green High Beech Sanatorium, Loughton Highwood Hospital, Brentwood Ilford Borough Maternity Hospital King George Hospital, Ilford Leytonstone Central Home Public Assistance Institution Little Heath House Chronic Public Assistance Institution, Goodmayes Maldon St Peter's Public Assistance Institution Marillac Sanatorium, Warley Merwale Sanatorium, Chelmsford Mothers Convalescent Home, Hutton, nr. Brentwood Oldchurch County Hospital, Romford Ongar District Cottage Hospital Ongar War Memorial Hospital Orsett Public Assistance Institution, Grays Plaistow Maternity Hospital Princess Louise Convalescent Home, Nazeing Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford Runwell Mental Hospital St John's Public Assistance Institution, Chelmsford St Faith's Hospital, Brentwood St Mary's Hospital, Plaistow Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury Severalls Mental Hospital Southend Municipal Hospital, Rochford Southend District General Hospital Stanway, nr. Colchester, Public Assistance Institution Sutton's Institution, Hornchurch (auxiliary to Oldchurch County Hospital) Thorpe Coombe Maternity Home Victoria Hospital, Romford West Ham Hospital West Ham Sanatorium, Dagenham West Ham Sanatorium, Laindon Whipps Cross Hospital Woodford Jubilee Hospital SECTOR II (London Hospital) Bethnal Green Hospital Bishops Stortford Public Assistance Institution Bishops Stortford General Hospital Chalkdell Public Assistance Institution, Hitchin Chase Farm Hospital Cheshunt Cottage Hospital Eastern Hospital Enfield Infectious Diseases Hospital Enfield War Memorial Hospital Enfield House Public Assistance Institution German Convalescent Home, Hitchin German Hospital Grovelands Recovery Home Hackney Hospital I and II Hertford County Hospital Home Hospital, Stoke Newington Jewish Maternity Hospital Letchworth General Hospital London Chest Hospital London Hospital London Jewish Hospital Metropolitan Hospital Mildmay Memorial Hospital Mildmay Mission Hospital Mile End Hospital North Herts & South Beds Hospital, Hitchin Northern Fever Hospital Potters Bar Cottage Hospital Queen's Hospital for Children, Hackney Road North Middlesex County Hospital, Silver Street North-Eastern Hospital, South Tottenham Poplar Hospital Prince of Wales Hospital Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital, Shadwell Royston Casual Wards Royston Hospital St Andrew's Hospital St Clements Hospital St David's Hospital St George-in-the-East Hospital St Leonards Hospital I and II St Peter's Hospital, Whitechapel Salvation Army, NE Spring House Nursing Home, Bayford Waltham Abbey War Memorial Hospital Ware County Sanatorium Ware Western House Public Assistance Institution Welfield Public Assistance Institution, Hatfield Welwyn Victoria Memorial Hospital Welwyn Garden City Cottage Hospital White Webbs Public Assistance Home, Enfield SECTOR III (St Bartholomew's Hospital, Royal Free Hospital) Advanced
bases:
Base Hospital: Bedford Mental Hospital,
Arlesey
Archway Hospital Cell Barnes Mental Hospital Central London Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Grays Inn Road Chest Hospital, Victoria Park City of London Maternity Hospital Colney Hatch Mental Hospital Finchley Memorial Hospital Harpenden Children's Sanatorium Highgate Hospital Hornsey Central Hospital London Fever Hospital Luton & Beds Hospital Luton Poor Law Institution Lyndhurst Private Nursing Home, Shenley Nervous Diseases Hospital, Woodside Avenue North Islington Welfare Centre Oster House Public Assistance Institution, St Albans Pawling Home, Hadley Wood Rosa Morison House Royal Free Hospital Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, City Road Royal Northern Hospital St Albans & Mid Herts Hospital St Bartholomew's Hospital St Mark's Hospital, City Road St Mary's Hospital, Islington St Matthew's Hospital Victoria Hospital, Barnet Winifred House Wood Green and Southgate Hospital SECTOR IV (University College Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital) Advanced
bases:
Watford
Public
Assistance Institution
Base Hospital: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Royal National Training College, Stanmore Bedford Mental Hospital,
Arlesey
Bushey and Middlesex County Maternity Hospital Bushey Heath District Hospital Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, Judd Street Charing Cross Hospital Colindale Hospital Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, Golden Square Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital Florence Nightingale Hospital, Lisson Grove French Hospital, Shaftesbury Avenue Great Ormond Street Hospital Hampstead Children's Hospital Hampstead General Hospital Hemel Hempstead Public Assistance Institution Hendon Cottage Hospital Hendon Infectious Diseases Hospital Homeopathic Hospital Hospital for Epilepsy, Maida Vale Hospital for Tropical Diseases Hospital for Women, Soho Hospital of St Luke, Fitzroy Square Italian Hospital Manor House Hospital, Golders Green Marie Curie Hospital Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, Fitzroy Square National Heart Hospital National Nerve Hospital, Queen Square National Temperance Hospital New End Hospital North-Western Hospital Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road Redhill County Hospital Redhill Men's Homes Redhill Public Assistance Institution Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Great Portland Street Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, High Holborn St Columba's Hospital St John and St Elizabeth Hospital St John's Skin Hospital St Margaret's Hospital, Kentish Town St Pancras Hospital I and II St Paul's Hospital St Peter's Hospital for Stone St Saviour's Hospital, Osnaburgh Street Sheffield Street Hospital Stanborough Hydro, Watford Stanmore Cottage Hospital University College Hospital Watford Peace Memorial Hospital West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Welbeck Street West Herts Hospital, Hemel Hempstead SECTOR V (Middlesex Hospital) Aylesbury Public Assistance Institution Champneys Nature Home, Tring Chesham Cottage Hospital Harrow General Hospital London Lock Middlesex Hospital Northwood and Pinner Hospital Paddington General Hospital Paddington Green Children's Hospital Radium Institute, Riding House Street Royal Bucks Hospital, Aylesbury St Andrew's Hospital, Dollis Hill St Monica's (Willesden Chest Hospital) Samaritan Free Hospital for Women Wembley General Hospital Western Ophthalmic Hospital Willesden General Hospital Willesden Infectious Diseases Hospital SECTOR VI (St Mary's Hospital) Advanced
bases:
Base Hospital: Park Prewett Mental
Hospital, Basingstoke
Acton General Hospital Amersham Public Assistance Institution Central Middlesex Hospital Ealing Infectious Diseases Hospital Gerrards Cross Hospital Hammersmith Hospital Hanwell Cottage Hospital Hanwell Mental Hospital Harlington Cottage Hospital Hayes Cottage Hospital, Grange Road, Hayes High Wycombe Memorial Hospital Princess Louise Hospital St Charles Hospital St Luke's Hospital, Hereford Road St Mary's Hospital St Vincent's Orthopaedic Hospital Southall-Norwood Hospital, Southall Uxbridge Convalescent Home Uxbridge Hospital Young Convalescent Home, Castlebar Hill SECTOR VII (St George's Hospital, Westminster Hospital) Advanced
base:
Base Hospital: Park Prewett Mental
Hospital, Basingstoke
Basingstoke Public Assistance Institution Brentford & Chiswick Hospital Brompton Hospital Cheyne Hospital for Children Chiswick General Hospital Chelsea Institution Ealing General Hospital Fulham Hospital I and II Gordon Hospital Grosvenor Women's Hospital Hampton Cottage Hospital Hounslow General Hospital Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square Isleworth Casual Wards Isleworth Public Assistance Institution Iver Cottage Hospital King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor Maidenhead Institution Maidenhead Voluntary Hospital Park Prewett Mental Hospital Princess Beatrice Hospital Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Goldhawk Road Royal Masonic Hospital St George's Home, Milman's Street St George's Hospital St John's Hospital, Twickenham St Luke's Hospital St Mary Abbotts Hospital I and II St Stephen's Hospital Slough Public Assistance Institution South Middlesex Infectious Diseases Hospital Staines Cottage Hospital Staines Infectious Diseases Hospital Teddington Hospital Victoria Children's Hospital, Tite Street West Middlesex County Hospital Western Hospital Westminster Hospital Westminster Institution Windsor Public Assistance Institution SECTOR VIII (St Thomas' Hospital) Advanced
base:
Brookwood Mental Hospital
Base Hospital: Park Prewett Mental
Hospital, Basingstoke
All Saints Hospital Annie McCall Maternity Hospital Battersea Hospital Belgrave Hospital for Children Bolingbroke Hospital Botley's Park Mental Hospital, Chertsey Briarwood Nursing Home, Worcester Park Burrow Hill Sanatorium, Frimley Catholic Nursing Institute Cheam Sanatorium Clandon Small-pox Hospital Clock House Private Nursing Home, Byfleet Cobham and District Hospital Cumberland House, Mitcham Egham Cottage Hospital Evelina Hospital Farnham Homes for the Aged Farnham Institution Frimley and Camberley Hospital Frimley Sanatorium General Lying-In Hospital Gordon Boys' Home, Woking Grove Hospital Guildford Children's Home Guildford Institution Hampton Court Cottage Hospital Haslemere Hospital Heatherwood HP, Ascot Holy Cross Sanatorium, Haslemere King George V Sanatorium, Godalming Kingston County Hospital Kingston Institution Lambeth Hospital Meath Epileptic Home, Godalming Mount Alvenia Nursing Home, Guildford Morley's Convalescent Home, Wimbledon Nelson Hospital Old Surbiton Hospital, Surbiton Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham Prior Place Private Sanatorium, Camberley Putney Hospital Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Richmond Public Assistance Institution Royal Eye Voluntary Hospital, SE1 Royal Hospital, Richmond Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford Royal Waterloo Hospital St Anthony's Hospital, Cheam St Benedict's Hospital St Dominic Open-Air School, Witley St James' Hospital, Balham St John's Hospital, Clapham Junction St Nicholas' Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford St Peter's Convalescent Home, Woking St Thomas' Babies Hospital St Thomas' Hospital Schiff Home South London Hospital for Women South-Western Hospital Southern Orphanage, Woking Star and Garter Hospital, Richmond Surbiton Hospital Surrey County Sanatorium, Godalming Sutton and Cheam General Hospital Thames Ditton Cottage Hospital Tilford Children's Home, Farnham Trimmer's Cottage Hospital, Farnham Victoria Hospital, Kingston Victoria Hospital, Woking Walton-on-Thames Cottage Hospital Walton-on-Thames Maternity Home Walton-on-Thames Met Con Weir Hospital Weybridge General Hospital Wilson Hospital Wimbledon General Hospital Windlesham Cottage Hospital Woking Maternity Home Wokingham Public Assistance Institution Worcester Park Private Nursing Home SECTOR IX (King's College Hospital) Arundel Lodge Home, Croydon Beckenham Hospital Bromley and District Hospital Carshalton and District Hospital Castlebridge Nursing Home, Reigate Castleton Nursing Home, Banstead Caterham and District Hospital Caxton Convalescent Home, Limpsfield Children's Heart Hospital, West Wickham Coney Hill Home, Beckenham Coombe Cliff Home, Croydon Cranleigh Cottage Hospital Croft Convalescent Home, Reigate Croydon Children's Homes Croydon General Hospital Croydon Nursing Home Ltd Cuckfield Institution Denmark Nursing Home, Redhill Dorking and District Hospital Downs Hospital, Sutton Dulwich Hospital East Surrey Hospital, Redhill Epsom and Ewell Hospital Epsom County PH Hospital Epsom Public Assistance Institution Ewell Park PH Hospital Hambledon Institution Haywards Heath Mental Hospital Horley Cottage Hospital Horsham Institution King Edward VII Hospital, Haywards Heath King's College Hospital Leatherhead Cripples Training College Leatherhead General Hospital Lingfield Epileptic Colony Lynton Nursing Home, Croydon Malatia Private Nursing Home, Croydon Marie Celeste Annexe, Reigate Mayday Hospital Netherne Mental Hospital Norwood and District Cottage Hospital Norwood Children's Home Norwood Children's Hospital Oxted and Limpsfield Cottage Hospital Phillip's Memorial Hospital, Bromley Purley General Hospital Purleybury Nursing Home, Sanderstead Queen's Hospital, Croydon Radcliffe Convalescent Home, Limpsfield Royal Blind School, Leatherhead Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton Redhill County PH Hospital, Surrey Retreat Maternity Home, South Norwood St Anne's Public Assistance Institution, Redhill St Francis Hospital St Giles' Hospital St Mary's Maternity Hospital, Croydon Shabden Park Home, Chipstead South Eastern Children's Hospital, Sydenham Surrey County Hospital, Dorking Sutton Training College Tadworth Court Victoria Cottage Hospital, East Grinstead Walton Heath Orthopaedic Hydro Woodside Maternity Home, Sutton SECTOR X (Guy's Hospital) Albany Deptford Babies Hospital, Breakspear Road Alexandra Children's Orthopaedic Hospital, Swanley Barming Heath Mental Hospital, Maidstone Benenden Sanatorium Bermondsey Medical Mission, Grange Road Bexley Cottage Hospital Bexley Maternity Home Bexley Mental Hospital Blackheath and Charlton Hospital Brook Hospital Cecill Cragg Hospital, Wrotham Chatham County Hospital Chislehurst Cottage Hospital Coxheath Public Assistance Institution, Maidstone Cranbrook Convalescent Home Cranbrook Public Assistance Institution Dartford County Hospital David Solomons Home, Southborough Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital Eltham and Mottingham Hospital Erith and District Hospital Goldie Leigh Children's Home Gravesend and North Kent Hospital Gravesend Public Assistance Institution Gravesend Sanatorium Grove Park Hospital Guy's Hospital Hainault Maternity Home, Erith Hawkesbury Convalescent Home, Tunbridge Wells Hawkhurst Cottage Hospital Hospital for Mothers and Babies Joyce Green Hospital Kent County Eye Hospital, Maidstone Ladywell Institution Lenham County Sanatorium Lewisham Hospital Livingstone Hospital Miller Hospital Orchard Hospital Orpington Public Assistance Institution Park Hospital, Hither Green Preston Hall Hospital, Maidstone Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup Royal N & M Maternity Home, Gillingham St Alfege's Hospital I and II St Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochester St John's Hospital, Lewisham St Nicholas' Hospital, Plumstead St Olave's Hospital Sevenoaks Children's Orthopaedic Hospital Sevenoaks General Hospital Sevenoaks Public Assistance Institution Sidcup Cottage Hospital Sittingbourne Children's Home Sittingbourne Mental Hospital Sittingbourne Public Assistance Institution South-Eastern Fever Hospital, New Cross Southern Hospital, Dartford Tonbridge Cottage Hospital Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital Warlingham Mental Hospital, Whyteleafe West Kent Hospital, Maidstone West Malling Public Assistance Institution Woolwich Institution Woolwich War Memorial Hospital Next section: The National Health Service Previous section: LCC hospitals during WW2 Return to Contents list |
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References (Author unstated) 1939 Emergency Hospitals Scheme for London. British Medical Journal 1 (4081), 634-636. |
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