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Burnham-on-Crouch Cottage Hospital In 1902 Burnham Nursing
Association was formed and a District Nurse
employed to work within the town.
A corrugated iron structure stood in new road which was used by the Red Cross as a Hospital. Its use includes designation as an Auxillary Military hospital for treatment of injured troops during World War 1. When it was no longer required as a hospital the building was moved to Queens road where it was used for boat building and then meetings for local boy scouts. By the
1930's there was a need for a cottage hospital
so the Nursing Association arranged for local
builders J E Smith to construct Burnham Cottage Hospital in New Road, Burnham on Crouch at its junction with Albert Road. The building was opened
in October 1937 providing wards and a nurses
home. The ground floor contained a reception area , a meetings room, a kitchen and a small accident ward. On the first floor were two single patient wards and two nurses bedrooms. In total 5 patients could be accommodated. The Georgian style design by Mr E Cooper contained modern features such as a fireplace, two dormer windows and sanitary equipment in each room. In 1948 the hospital was
taken over by the National Health Service and was
changed to a maternity hospital for the town with the majority of the towns children in the 60's being born in its walls. Sadly the trend for large in the health service saw the closure of this unit and the building is now used for housing.
