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Hospital in England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
St Margaret's Hospital is a hospital in Epping, Essex. It is managed by the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.
St. Margaret's Hospital | |
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Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51.7050°N 0.1238°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Type | District general |
Affiliated university | None |
Patron | None |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
The hospital has its origins in the Epping Union Workhouse Infirmary built in 1846.[1] New infirmary buildings were constructed in 1876, in the 1880s and again in 1911.[1] The site became the Epping Institution in 1930 and St. Margaret's Hospital in 1938.[2]
On 22 March 1945 the hospital was hit by a German V-2 rocket, which destroyed the water tower, flooding nearby houses. 7 men were killed. Some houses, the elderly unit and the laundry block at the hospital and a single storey timber built casual ward were destroyed.[3] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948[2] and the workhouse building itself was demolished in 2001.[1]
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