Collection H70 - CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL

Zone d'identification

Cote

H70

Titre

CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL

Date(s)

  • 1907-1951 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

0.5 linear metres

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

In 1897 the Willesden Board of Guardians acquired a 64 acre site in Acton Lane from the Twyford Abbey estate. They built a new workhouse and infirmary, which opened in 1903, providing accommodation for 400 people, including 150 sick. By 1907 only sick paupers were admitted to both buildings, which were now known as the Willesden Workhouse Infirmary.

The buildings were extended in 1908, 1911 and 1914, when the Infirmary was renamed the Willesden Institution.

In 1921, it became known as the Park Royal Hospital.

In 1930 the Middlesex County Council took over its administrative control and it was renamed yet again in 1931, becoming the Central Middlesex County Hospital, with 689 beds. With even more extensions it had 890 beds by 1939.

During the Second World War, the Hospital was badly damaged by bombs.

When the Hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948, it was grouped together with the Neasden, Kingsbury and Willesden General Hospitals under the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.

In 1966 a further building was added for the maternity unit, which had 28 beds but, overall, the number of beds had been reduced to 736, mainly for acute admissions.

In 1997 construction work began on a new building for the Out-Patients Department. The building was named the Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre (ACaD) and opened in 1999. Clinical services transferred from the old buildings to the new, and the second phase of rebuilding began in 2003. The in-patients wing - the Brent Emergency Care and Diagnostic Centre (BECaD) - opened in 2006, with 214 beds.

In November 2008, a private finance initiative (PFI) deal costing more than £80m enabled the Hospital to be rebuilt behind the original buildings.

Most of the old buildings have been demolished (the Out-Patients Department was the first to go) but the Old Refectory remains. The original site is now the foreground to the new buildings and contains a bus station. Some of the material from the demolition was used in the foundations for the new car park and roads.

It had been hoped to preserve the façade of the clock tower but this proved impossible. An old cupola and a flagpole are preserved on the wasteland at the back of the site. Two turrets, the Acton Lane gates, the clock and the foundation stones were saved from demolition. Some of these artefacts are now displayed in the new Hospital grounds.

The remainder of the site will be developed by the Network Housing Group for key worker housing and businesses.

Histoire archivistique

H70 1907-1951 Collection 0.5 linear metres Willesden Workhouse Infirmary x Willesden Institution x Park Royal Hospital x Central Middlesex County Hospital x Central Middlesex Hospital

In 1897 the Willesden Board of Guardians acquired a 64 acre site in Acton Lane from the Twyford Abbey estate. They built a new workhouse and infirmary, which opened in 1903, providing accommodation for 400 people, including 150 sick. By 1907 only sick paupers were admitted to both buildings, which were now known as the Willesden Workhouse Infirmary.

The buildings were extended in 1908, 1911 and 1914, when the Infirmary was renamed the Willesden Institution.

In 1921, it became known as the Park Royal Hospital.

In 1930 the Middlesex County Council took over its administrative control and it was renamed yet again in 1931, becoming the Central Middlesex County Hospital, with 689 beds. With even more extensions it had 890 beds by 1939.

During the Second World War, the Hospital was badly damaged by bombs.

When the Hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948, it was grouped together with the Neasden, Kingsbury and Willesden General Hospitals under the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.

In 1966 a further building was added for the maternity unit, which had 28 beds but, overall, the number of beds had been reduced to 736, mainly for acute admissions.

In 1997 construction work began on a new building for the Out-Patients Department. The building was named the Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre (ACaD) and opened in 1999. Clinical services transferred from the old buildings to the new, and the second phase of rebuilding began in 2003. The in-patients wing - the Brent Emergency Care and Diagnostic Centre (BECaD) - opened in 2006, with 214 beds.

In November 2008, a private finance initiative (PFI) deal costing more than £80m enabled the Hospital to be rebuilt behind the original buildings.

Most of the old buildings have been demolished (the Out-Patients Department was the first to go) but the Old Refectory remains. The original site is now the foreground to the new buildings and contains a bus station. Some of the material from the demolition was used in the foundations for the new car park and roads.

It had been hoped to preserve the façade of the clock tower but this proved impossible. An old cupola and a flagpole are preserved on the wasteland at the back of the site. Two turrets, the Acton Lane gates, the clock and the foundation stones were saved from demolition. Some of these artefacts are now displayed in the new Hospital grounds.

The remainder of the site will be developed by the Network Housing Group for key worker housing and businesses.

Records deposited in 2012.

Records of Central Middlesex Hospital, 1907-1951, including record cards and a programme of a royal visit to the hospital.

The records are arranged as follows:

H70/CMX/B/01 Patient Records: Record Cards;

H70/CMX/Y/01 Related Documentation: Visits and Events.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright is held by the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Please see BG/W (Willesden Board of Guardians) and MCC/MIN/32 (Middlesex County Council: Public Health Committee Minutes).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Added January 2013. Central Middlesex Hospital x Willesden Workhouse Infirmary , 1900-1914 x Willesden Institution , 1914-1921 x Park Royal Hospital , 1921-1931 x Central Middlesex County Hospital , 1931-1948 Social welfare Documents Medical records Visits Royal visits Hospitals Health services Patients Medical institutions Public hospitals Buildings Workhouses Willesden Poor Law Union x Willesden Board of Guardians Middlesex County Council Brent London England UK Western Europe Willesden Middlesex Cultural activities Information sources Primary documents Architecture Europe Cultural action

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Records deposited in 2012.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Records of Central Middlesex Hospital, 1907-1951, including record cards and a programme of a royal visit to the hospital.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

The records are arranged as follows:

H70/CMX/B/01 Patient Records: Record Cards;

H70/CMX/Y/01 Related Documentation: Visits and Events.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright is held by the City of London.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

Please see BG/W (Willesden Board of Guardians) and MCC/MIN/32 (Middlesex County Council: Public Health Committee Minutes).

Instruments de recherche

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

London Metropolitan Archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

    Zone des entrées