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St George's Hospital was a hospital on Suttons Lane in
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in the
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, in northeast
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, England. It opened in 1938 and closed in October 2012.


History


Initial use

The need for the building followed the
Local Government Act 1929 The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales. The Act abolished the system of poor law unions in England and Wales and their board ...
and the transfer of welfare functions from poor law unions to county and county borough councils. It was built by Essex County Council and was designed by John Stuart who held the position of County Architect from 1920 to 1945. The land was purchased from
New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at th ...
and development began in 1933. Building work was undertaken by H. Arnold and Sons and the foundation stone was dated 1935. The opening ceremony was held in 1938 and it was named Suttons Institution. The placename 'Suttons' was an old manor in Hornchurch, believed to refer to the location south of the main settlement. The initial primary use was as a home for the elderly, with provision for children, nursing mothers and psychiatric care.


World War II

It was used as residential accommodation for airmen based at nearby
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during the
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. It was also an auxiliary civilian facility to
Oldchurch Hospital Oldchurch Hospital was a hospital in Greater London, United Kingdom, located in Romford in the London Borough of Havering and part of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the infirmary ...
as part of the
Emergency Hospital Service During World War II, a centralised state-run Emergency Hospital Service was established in the United Kingdom.Paul Addison, "The Road to 1945", Jonathan Cape, 1975, pp. 178–81. It employed doctors and nurses to care for those injured by enemy act ...
and formed part of Sector 1 of the London system.


National Health Service

Following the National Health Service Act 1946 it joined the
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as St George's Hospital under the control of the Romford Group Hospital Management Committee in 1948.
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was found in the hospital's water system in October 2012; the patients were transferred to other hospitals and St George's Hospital closed. Plans are in place for a new health centre on part of the site, with the remaining land converted to a housing development called St George's Park.


See also

*
Healthcare in London Healthcare in London, which consumes about a fifth of the NHS budget in England, is in many respects distinct from that in the rest of the United Kingdom, or England. History Early history The earliest state hospitals in the UK were set up in L ...
*
List of hospitals in England The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts. East Midlands * Arnold Lodge, Leicestershire *Babington Hospital – Belper, Derbyshire *Bassetlaw District General Hospital – Worksop, Nottinghams ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint George's Hospital, Havering Hospital buildings completed in 1938 NHS hospitals in London Health in the London Borough of Havering