Rush Green Hospital was a hospital located at Rush Green

Rush Green

Rush Green is a place divided between the London Borough of Havering and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in east London, England. It is included in the Romford post town....

 in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough had a total population of 1,937; and the area was characterised by farming, woodland and the fishing fleet at Barking. This last industry employed 1,370 men and boys by 1850, but by the end of the century had ceased to exist; replaced by...

 in London

London

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 from 1900 to 1995.

The hospital was opened as the Romford Isolation Hospital in 1900 by Romford Rural District Council

Romford Rural District

Romford Rural District was a local government district in south west Essex, England from 1894 to 1934. It surrounded, but did not include, Romford which formed a separate urban district...

 in co-operation with Romford Urban District Council

Municipal Borough of Romford

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 (the hospital was located in the rural district). It was renamed Rush Green in 1939; by this time the rural district had been abolished and the local area now formed part of Dagenham

Municipal Borough of Dagenham

Dagenham was a local government district in south west Essex, England from 1926 to 1965 covering the parish of Dagenham. Initially created as an urban district, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1938...

. It was managed by the National Health Service

National Health Service

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 from 1948 until its closure.

Part of the former hospital site has been reused for housing and a nursing home

Nursing home

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External links

• Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council - Photographic archive

• Website with more about Rush Green Hospital - Various Content