Mildmay Memorial Hospital
Newington Green Road, N1 4RF
Medical dates:
Medical character:
1866 - 1958
Acute
Originally the small Mildmay Cottage Hospital near Mildmay
Road, built in 1866, was run by the nursing branch of the Mildmay
Deaconess Institution, a group of Christian women led by the Vicar of
St. Jude's, the Revd. William Pennefather (1816-1873).
In 1871 the Mildmay Mission had built its conference hall and the
adjoining Deaconess house in Newington Green and a new hospital, built
in the centre of the compound to replace the cottage hospital, was
built in 1883. The building was provided by Lady Hay in memory
of her son and of Revd. Pennefather and was called the Mildmay Memorial
Cottage Hospital.
Mildmay House, previously a boarding school, at 9 and 10 Newington
Green, became the Nurses' Home, along with buildings at the rear of
Mildmay Grove North.
In 1908 it was decided to drop the 'Cottage' from the name because of
recruiting difficulties - nurses apparently did not want to work in
'cottage' hospitals.
During WW1 the Hospital offered 23 of its beds to the War Office for use by wounded servicemen.
An appeal for funds in 1920 so that the Hospital could be
reconstructed for the 'new poor' to provide 110 beds must have failed,
as by 1944 it treated mainly private patients. At this time it
had 47 beds, 12 of which had been added since 1938 for
special cases.
During WW2 the area suffered great bomb damage, although the Mildmay
compound itself survived unscathed.
The Hospital joined the NHS in 1948 under the control of the Archway Group Hospital Management Committee, part of the North West Metropolitan Regional Health Board.
The maternity unit closed in 1954 and the Hospital closed in 1958. It was demolished, eventually being replaced by a council block.
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Present status
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Hathersage Court, site of the Mildmay Memorial Hospital.
Site of the Mildmay Cottage Hospital, now the playground of the local primary school.
References
(Author unstated) 1920 The Hospital World. British Journal of Nursing, 20th March, 175.
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