Birkenhead_General_Hospital

Birkenhead General Hospital

Birkenhead General Hospital

Former hospital in Birkenhead, Wirral, England

Birkenhead General Hospital (known as Birkenhead Borough Hospital until 1926) was a hospital situated on Park Road North, between Prince Edward Street and Livingstone Street, in Birkenhead, England.

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History

The hospital was built in 1862 and opened the following year as Borough Hospital.[1] The name was changed to Birkenhead General Hospital in 1926.[1] From 1948 it was run by the Birkenhead Hospital Management Committee, and after 1974 by the Wirral Area Health Authority.[2] After services were transferred to the newly opened Arrowe Park Hospital, the building ceased to be used in 1982.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Bidston 1978, p. 28
  2. [2]
    "Birkenhead General Hospital, Birkenhead". National Archives. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

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