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Former hospital in London, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bethnal Green Hospital was an acute care hospital, in Bethnal Green in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England.[1][2] It opened in 1900, and it closed in 1990.[1]
Bethnal Green Hospital was initially opened as the local workhouse infirmary on Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green in 1900.[2] The 750 bed infirmary was designed by Giles Gough and Trollope and had eleven pavilion style ward blocks.[2] The new infirmary was built on a 4.5 acre site purchased from the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews. The site had contained the Episcopal Jews' Chapel and was known as Palestine Place.[1] When the chapel was demolished the clock was incorporated into the tower of the new infirmaries administration block.[1] During the First World War the hospital became a military hospital between 1915 -1920.[1] The London County Council took over the hospital in 1930.[1] During the Second World War the hospital had minor bomb damage. In 1948 the NHS took over the management of the hospital which was renamed as Bethnal Green Infirmary.[1] The hospital went through a series of changes before closing in 1990. The remaining care of the elderly patients and staff were transferred to the newly opened Bancroft Unit for the Care of the Elderly at Mile End Hospital, part of the Royal London Hospital, and now Barts Health NHS Trust.[1] Today the site has been redeveloped by the Victoria Park Housing Association with all but the listed Administration Block being pulled down.[3]
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