The London Hospital (Mile End) xx Mile End Old Town Workhouse , 1858-1881 xx Mile End Old Town Infirmary , 1881-1929 xx Mile End Hospital , 1929-1968

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The London Hospital (Mile End) xx Mile End Old Town Workhouse , 1858-1881 xx Mile End Old Town Infirmary , 1881-1929 xx Mile End Hospital , 1929-1968

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        The Workhouse on the Bancroft Road site was built by the Board of Guardians of Mile End Old Town in 1858-1859. The foundation stone of the new Infirmary, erected under the powers conferred by the Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867, was laid in February 1881, and it was opened in March 1883. A Nurse Training School was established in 1892. The institution was taken over by the military authorities during the First World War; during the military occupation, the facilities of the hospital were considerably improved. In 1930, when the Hospital passed to the control of the London County Council, it had 550 beds. With the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948, the Hospital became part of the Stepney Group; the Stepney Group Hospital Management Committee was merged with the Central Group in 1966 to form the East London Group. In 1968, Mile End Hospital, together with Saint Clement's Hospital, was transferred to the management of the Board of Governors of the London Hospital. Its designation was changed to the London Hospital (Mile End). As a result of the re-organisation in 1974, it became part of Tower Hamlets Health District.

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