British Hospital for Mothers and Babies

The British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (1905–1984) was a maternity hospital in Samuel Street, Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom.

It was created from the amalgamation in 1915 of the Home for Mothers and Babies, Wood Street, Woolwich (established 1905) with the British Lying-In Hospital, Holborn. In 1919 the hospital was given an award from King Edward's Hospital Fund of £1500 toward building an amalgamated hospital.^[1] In 1922, the hospital's new buildings in Samuel Street, Woolwich were officially opened by Queen Mary.^[2]

During World War II the hospital was damaged in a bombing raid in 1940.^[3] An evacuation hospital operated at a building known as Moatlands, originally a private home, in Brenchley in Kent. Moatlands was purchased in 1944. In 1948 the Hospital came under the jurisdiction of the National Health Service and was placed under the jurisdiction of the Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee.^[4] In 1953 Moatlands was vacated and the hospital's beds were transferred to Saint Nicholas Hospital, Plumstead. That hospital was closed in 1984.

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References

• "British Lying-In Hospital Group". AIM25 Archives in London and the M25 area. Retrieved March 6, 2010. 
• "British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (British Lying-In)". Voluntary Hospitals Database. Retrieved March 6, 2010. 

Coordinates: 51°29′25″N 0°03′00″E / 51.49036°N 0.05012°E / 51.49036; 0.05012