Old Isisford District Hospital
Starting in 1948 and continuing into the 1950s, extensions were made to Isisford Hospital including: a kitchen, operating theatre and an extension to one of the 1892 buildings. Blackall Hospitals Board was advised by the Department of Health and Home Affairs that its plan for remodelling the Isisford Hospital had been approved; there was also approval for installation of an X-ray plant at Isisford.
Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End
The hospital was formed as the West Ham, Stratford and South Essex Dispensary, opened in July 1861 by local doctor William Elliot in what became known as the Old Dispensary, an 18th-century building at 30 Romford Road. This was lent to him by Mrs Mary Curtis, a resident of Stratford - now Grade II listed, it survives and is now the head office of activeNewham. Mrs Curtis donated a plot of land for a new dispensary soon afterwards, whilst her husband donated a quarter of its £4,000 construction cost. The two-storey new dispensary opened in 1879 – its motto was "Ohne Zaegern und ohne Zagen" ("Without hesitation or fear"). A hospital was added beside the new dispensary - Prince George, Duke of Cambridge laid the foundation stone in 1888 and the hospital was opened by Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster two years later, with its land, building and furnishings costing a total of £7,000. It operated as a 32-bed accident unit with five resident and visiting doctors, three consulting surgeons, a matron, four nurses and two probationers to save the long journey to the London Hospital, whilst the Old Dispensary became its outpatients department.