The Maternity Unit had 173 beds mostly on six-bed wards but with many single rooms with their own bathroom. Each floor had a lounge-cum-dining room with a balcony. Of the 10 lifts within the building 3 were large enough for beds, the “latest idea being to wheel the patient on their bed rather than use stretchers.” This photograph appears in the September 1966 issue of Team Spirit, the Laing company newsletter
This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Photographer: John Laing And Son Ltd
Builder: C. Rosser: John Laing And Son Ltd
Mid 20th Century Hospital, Mid 20th Century Maternity Block, Mid 20th Century Hospital Ward, Health And Welfare
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