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- 1911 - 1953 (Creation)
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22 items
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Administrative history
In 1907, a house in Purley was provided by J.P.Oldaker for conversion to a small hospital. He then initiated further development by obtaining a 999 year lease, starting on 25 March 1908, of land owned by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, which fronted on to Brighton Road. By 1909, a small Cottage Hospital providing eight beds had been built, and it was officially opened by Princess Christian on 31 March of that year. A lease of 1919 further extended the ste to Pampisford Road.
A decision had been taken at the end of the First World War that a suitable memorial would be the extension of the Cottage Hospital, adding further wards and facilities. The whole building was renamed Purley and District War Memorial Hospital and was officially opened in 1922 by which time the hospital now had 22 beds. The hospital was again expanded in 1926, when the Nurses Home was opened, and again in 1927 when the Outpatients Department was opened in a refurbished hut in the grounds which had formerly belonged to the Purley Division of the Red Cross Society. This was quickly followed by a childrens ward, a maternity ward and private wards. The X-ray department was added in 1929. By 1931, the hospital had 50 beds. However plans to expand further were curtailed by the outbreak of war in 1939; only a replacement outpatients department and new nurses dining facilites were completed.
The hospital, which had been dependent on voluntary funding, was transferred to the National Health Service in 1948. The number of beds rose to 59 and a chest department was opened in 1959. The hospital also operated a small casualty department until 1989. The function of the hospital changed in 1985 when the provision of healthcare in Croydon was altered. Purley was now reserved for the care of elderly patients and for outpatient clinics.
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Archival history
Transferred by Mayday NHS Hospital Trust, via the Mayday branch of the NHS Retirement Fellowship, in December 2005.
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Accession Number: A834
Records of Purley War Memorial Hospital
Purley and District Cottage Hospital
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Minutes and General Accounts
July 1945 - May 1948
September 1939 - June1945
LEDGERS
Linen Guild 1944-1947
Penny-a -Week Fund 1927-1948
Ledger 1911-1940
Ledger 1911-1918
Ledger 1919-1927
Ledger 1924-1939
Ledger 1940-1943
HOUSE COMMITTEE
Minutes
June 1925 - December 1929
January 1930 - March 1936
May 1936 - July 1939
May 1942 - June 1945
July 1945 - November 1947
December 1947 - May 1950
June 1950 - March 1953
MINUTES MISCELLANEOUS
Collecting Boxes Committee 1927- 1945
Almoners Committee 1934 - 1938
Almoners Committee 1945 - 1948
MISCELLANEOUS
Staff Salaries 1936 - 1939
Register of Members 1941 - 1948
Register of Seals 1941 - 1948
Item date: 1911 - 1953
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24/06/2015