A maternity hospital specializes in caring for women during pregnancy and childbirth . It also provides care for newborn infants , and may act as a centre for clinical training in midwifery and obstetrics . Formerly known as lying-in hospitals, most of them, like cottage hospitals , have been absorbed into larger general hospitals , where they operate as the maternity department.
19-656: The Edinburgh Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Pavilion was a maternity hospital in Lauriston , Edinburgh , Scotland. Its services have now been incorporated into the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France . Midwifery in Edinburgh, as a part of the medical curriculum, began in 1756 with Thomas Young, professor of midwifery. Early provisions for midwifery consisted of four maternity beds at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary in 1756. Young's predecessor, Alexander Hamilton,
38-471: A purpose-built maternity hospital was opened in Edinburgh, to provide a facility where the poor could access medical supervision for childbirth. It was named the Edinburgh Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital. The Married Women's Pavilion, which was located in the west wing under the original plans by architects MacGibbon and Ross, had to be postponed in 1879 due to insufficient funds. It
57-688: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Westminster Bridge Road Westminster Bridge Road is a road in London , England. It runs on an east–west axis and passes through the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark . Between 1740 and 1746, the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge bought land from the Archbishop of Canterbury and ground in Lambeth Marsh from the Lord Mayor and Commonalty of
76-659: Is between Westminster Bridge Road and St George's Road, the frontage to the diocesan offices being on Westminster Bridge Road. Morley College , an adult education college, is located on the road, and so is the associated Morley Gallery. The London Necropolis railway station rebuilt its terminus in 1902, moving it to Westminster Bridge Road. The station was bombed in the London Blitz in 1941 and subsequently closed. Its entrance remains intact at 121 Westminster Bridge Road. The Canterbury Music Hall stood at 143 Westminster Bridge Road, commissioned by Charles Morton in 1852 when it
95-679: The City of London for the approach to the bridge on the southern (then- Surrey ) side. This was the start of Westminster Bridge Road. From the western end, the road starts as the A302 on the east side of the County Hall roundabout, where Westminster Bridge , York Road and the A3036 Lambeth Palace Road intersect. It then passes under the railway viaduct south of Waterloo station and intersects with Lower Marsh and Upper March before reaching
114-849: The Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital . A better documented foundation is that of the Dublin Lying-In Hospital , established in 1745 by Bartholomew Mosse , and which served as a model for three subsequent London foundations: the British Lying-In Hospital , a 1749 establishment in Holborn ; the 1750 City of London Lying-In Hospital , in the City ; and the General Lying-In Hospital on Westminster Bridge Road , established in 1767. A number of other such hospitals were formed in
133-600: The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), or more commonly MI6 . The building was refurbished and converted into the residential Perspective Building, designed by Assael Architecture . in 2001. The Lincoln Memorial Tower built by Christopher Newman Hall in the late 19th century in memory of Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation stands close to the junction with Kennington Road . The Roman Catholic St George's Cathedral, Southwark ,
152-642: The United Kingdom can be traced back to a number of 18th century establishments in London and Dublin . Prior to these foundations, childbirth was a domestic occasion. The term coined for these establishments, but now archaic , is "a lying-in hospital", referring to the custom of lying-in , prolonged bedrest after childbirth, better known now as postpartum confinement . The first noted lying-in hospital appears to be one founded by Sir Richard Manningham in Jermyn Street , London, in 1739 and which evolved into
171-483: The development of specialized centers like Embrio IVF Centre . Based in Pune, India, it offers a range of fertility treatments, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), to support individuals and couples in their journey to parenthood. The center provides comprehensive care with a focus on advanced reproductive technologies, aiming to improve outcomes for patients facing infertility challenges This hospital-related article
190-429: The facility amalgamated with the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh . The new Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, which was designed by Thomas W. Turnbull in the classical style, opened in 1939. The initial provisions of the hospital consisted of two lying–in wards, a labour ward, a dispensary, kitchens and administrative quarters, as well as quarters for the matron, two house surgeons and seven or eight nurses. The facility
209-647: The junction at Lambeth North Underground station (named Kennington Road when it opens on 10 March 1906, renamed Westminster Bridge Road in July 1906, and renamed again in April 1917 as Lambeth North ). There Baylis Road , Hercules Road and the A23 branch off, the latter southward as Kennington Road . The intersection was once known as Asylum Circus due to its proximity to the Bethlem Royal Hospital , which from 1815 to 1930
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#1732847519583228-481: The mid-18th century. All of these were run by male physicians, women being blocked from completing training as doctors until the 1870s. The first maternity hospital founded and run by a woman was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 's New Hospital for Women , which evolved from an existing dispensary in the 1770s, and was renamed in 1918 the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital. Its work continues in
247-739: The modern Elizabeth Garrett Anderson maternity wing of University College Hospital , part of UCLH NHS Foundation Trust. The Portland Hospital in central London was created in 1983 as a private hospital , i.e. not part of the National Health Service . Also in 1983, the Rosie Hospital opened in Cambridge, next to Addenbrooke's Hospital . The National Maternity Hospital, Dublin is the largest mother-and-baby hospital in Ireland. In recent years, advancements in reproductive health have included
266-521: The western part of the road was numbered as part of the A23; the latter now starts at Lambeth North tube station and no longer includes Westminster Bridge Road. The Florence Nightingale Museum is at the west end of the street within the grounds of St Thomas' Hospital . Between 1964 and 1994 the office block at 100 Westminster Bridge Road, then known as Century House , was home to the UK's overseas intelligence agency,
285-546: Was built adjacent to the Canterbury Tavern. It was destroyed by World War II Axis powers bombing in 1942. The later Gatti's-in-the-Road music hall opposite was commissioned by Carlo Gatti and opened in 1865. It later became a cinema and, after being badly damaged in the Second World War , was demolished in 1950. Astley's Amphitheatre was a performance venue that once stood at 225 Westminster Bridge Road. It
304-732: Was directly managed by the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, within a grouping of hospitals that would become the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh National Health Service Trust in 1994. After services transferred to the Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 's new site in Little France , the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion closed in March 2002. Maternity hospital Maternity hospitals in
323-472: Was eventually opened by Lady Candida Louise Hay, 10th Marchioness of Tweeddale in 1895. By 1910, the capacity of the facility was under strain, and following the First World War , the hospital expanded into several flats in nearby Lauriston Park and Graham Street to cope with increased demand. Britain's first ante-natal clinic began at this site in 1915, to be followed, in 1926, by a post-natal clinic when
342-560: Was in the building that now houses the Imperial War Museum , 0.3 mile southeast on Lambeth Rd. The road continues as the A3202 and turns to east-northeast as it enters the St George's one-way system (traffic flows eastbound only, including cycles) and ends at St George's Circus , where Waterloo Road , Blackfriars Road , Borough Road , London Road and Lambeth Road meet. Originally,
361-657: Was responsible for establishing the independent Edinburgh General Lying-in Hospital which afforded students the opportunity for practical experience. (" Lying-in " is an archaic term for childbirth, referring to the long bedrest prescribed for new mothers in their postpartum confinement .) It was based at Park Place and opened in either 1791 or 1793. It became known as the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital in 1846. In 1879, using funds collected to commemorate Sir James Young Simpson 's contribution to obstetrics ,
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