Erith and District Hospital

Erith and District Hospital is a health facility in Park Crescent, Erith, Kent, England. It is managed by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust. Its former X-Ray Department, which is located underground, is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Erith and District Hospital
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Erith and District Hospital
Shown in Bexley
Geography
LocationPark Crescent, Erith, Kent, England
Coordinates51.4771°N 0.1667°E / 51.4771; 0.1667
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeCommunity
History
Opened1871
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The facility has its origins in a couple of cottages in Crayford Road which were converted for clinical use as the Erith, Crayford, Belvedere and Abbey Wood Hospital in 1871.[2] It moved to new facilities in Erith High Street in 1875 and to purpose-built premises in Park Crescent, which ere officially opened by the Prince of Wales, in 1924.[2] It was extended in 1933 and an underground hospital, operated as part of the Emergency Medical Service, was built in 1938 and was in use throughout the Second World War.[2] It joined the National Health Service as Erith and District Hospital in 1948[3] and a new outpatients department was competed in 1954.[2]

References
  1. Historic England. "The X-Ray Department, Formerly the Underground Hospital, Erith and District Hospital (1393267)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. "Erith and District Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  3. "Erith and District Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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