Rush Green Hospital

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Rush Green Hospital
Barking, Havering and Brentwood District Health Authority
Rush Green Hospital
Geography
Location Rush Green, London, England
Coordinates 51°33′37″N0°10′35″E / 51.5602°N 0.1763°E / 51.5602; 0.1763
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Type District general
History
Former nameRomford Isolation Hospital
Opened4 April 1901 (1901-04-04)
Closed1995

Rush Green Hospital was a hospital located at Rush Green in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in London from 1901 to 1995.

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History

The need for an isolation hospital for infectious diseases in the Romford area became apparent in 1896, with notified cases of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria and typhoid fever. [1] Approval for the hospital was given by the Local Government Board on 21 December 1898. [2]

The hospital was opened as the Romford Isolation Hospital on 4 April 1901. [3] It was governed by the Romford Joint Hospital Board, initially consisting of Romford Rural District Council and Romford Urban District Council. The hospital was located in the Dagenham parish of Romford Rural District. [4] [5] Dagenham parish became Dagenham Urban District in April 1926. [6]

The facility was renamed Rush Green Emergency Hospital in 1939 as part of the Emergency Hospital Service. It joined the National Health Service as Rush Green Hospital in 1948. [5] The maternity building opened on 19 October 1968, when patients were transferred from Oldchurch Hospital. [7] It was built by Wates over 21 months at a cost of £750,000 (equivalent to £16,429,393in 2023). [8] It closed in 1995, with maternity services transferred to Harold Wood Hospital. The site has been redeveloped for housing, a nursing home and for use as a medical centre. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Heath of Romford Rural District: Isolation Hospital Needed". The Essex County Chronicle. 24 April 1896. p. 7.
  2. ↑ "Joint Isolation Hospital for Romford". The Essex County Chronicle. 23 December 1898. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "Romford's Joint Isolation Hospital". Barking, East Ham and Ilford Advertiser. 13 April 1901. p. 3.
  4. ↑ Powell, W R (1978). "'Romford: Local government', in A History of the County of Essex". London. pp. 76–82. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Rush Green Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Dagenham urban district and borough 1926–1965". Barking and Dagenham. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Baby convoy goes slow on the roads". The People. 20 October 1968. p. 11.
  8. ↑ Langton, Robert (1 April 1968). "Property, Places and People". The Evening News. p. 13.
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