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Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] medway union workhouse
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:36:22 +0000
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From Andrew Roberts
web address: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/
Dear Sarah
I do not know anything about Medway Union Workhouse in
particular, but this is my guess:
I think a change to a hospital in 1930 would have been an
evolutionary process. That is, the workhouse would have evolved
into a hospital and the name changed along with changing times
and changing legislation. This would mean that most
residents/patients would have stayed where they were.
After the second world war there was a further evolution of hospitals
away from places that provided residence for sick, elderly, infirm
and disabled people, towards the concept of somewhere reserved
for medical treatment.
I am unsure about the details of the evolution in the first half of the
20th century - Research on individual cases and discussion of it on
this mailing list may help to clarify my ideas - so I hope you get
some more replies!
Best Wishes
Andrew
On 4 Jun 03, at 4:50, wrote:
I keep asking but no replies, if anyone knows re medway union workhouse; what
happened to inmates when it became a hospital in 1930. I cannot find any
records in archives, Strood
how does rootweb work if I don't get any replies?
Sarah
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