Harrow, Wealdstone and District War Memorial Maternity Hostel
10 College Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex HA1 1BE
Medical
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Medical
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Maternity
The Harrow, Wealdstone and
District War Memorial Maternity Hostel was established in College Road
at a cost of £3,000. It opened on 7th December 1918 with 8
beds. On 1st March 1919 it was officially opened by Lady Rhondda.
Both the Harrow-on-the-Hill and the Wealdstone Councils made an annual grant to the Hostel, which entitled them to nominate a certain number of cases for admission at reduced fees.
The Hostel closed in March 1932, when the lease of the building expired.
Both the Harrow-on-the-Hill and the Wealdstone Councils made an annual grant to the Hostel, which entitled them to nominate a certain number of cases for admission at reduced fees.
The Hostel closed in March 1932, when the lease of the building expired.
Present status (February 2010)
The building has long been demolished and College Road completely redeveloped into a modernised thoroughfare. The site of the Hostel is now occupied by the Granville Parade development.
Granville Parade now occupies the sites of Nos. 6-10 College Road.
(Author unstated) 1918 Appointments. British Journal of Nursing, 30th November, 337.
(Author unstated) 1919 Maternity Hostel at Harrow. British Journal of Nursing, 8th March, 160.
Bluett RP 1921 Annual Report of the Medical Office of Health. Wealdstone Urban District Council, 9.
Caryl Thomas EW 1934 Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health. Urban District Council of Harrow, 60.
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