General Lying-In Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS England |
Type | Maternity |
Affiliated university | St Thomas' Hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
History | |
Opened | 1767, moved 1828 |
Closed | 1971 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
The General Lying-In Hospital was one of the first maternity hospitals in Great Britain. It opened in 1767 on Westminster Bridge Road, London and closed in 1971. Lying-in is an archaic term for childbirth (referring to the month-long bed rest prescribed for postpartum confinement).[1]