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Brief History
The Cambridge Military Hospital opened its doors to patients in 1879. The name Cambridge came from His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Army at the time. The hospital was built on a hill because current clinical thinking at the time thought that the wind would sweep away any infection and clean the air. The CMH was famed for its supposedly mile long corridor, with self contained wards and rooms branching off on either side. It was hoped that this design would reduce cross infection. The Louise Margaret Hospital opened in 1898 and eventually changed its name and purpose in 1958 to become the Louise Margaet Maternity Hospital, caring solely for mothers and babies. The CMH was used throughout its years to house casualties from the majority of the wars this country has seen; from the first world war upto the first gulf war. The Cambridge Military Hospital closed down in 1996. Many factors were given as the reason for its closure; cost to maintain, efficiency and asbestos were among them.
Our Visit
Well, this was the first one for the day and after a disappointing fail the day before, we had everything crossed for this. Explored with Banshee =} on this South Of England trip. This was a first visit to CMH for both of us and after much walking,running,crawling and climbing we eventually made it into the Maternity Wards. Unfortunately, we didnt have time to head over to the rest of the site but i think a revisit may be on the cards for this one. All in all cracking explore and definitely a favourite of mine.
Now on with some pics.
and final to finish
Hope You Enjoyed !
The Cambridge Military Hospital opened its doors to patients in 1879. The name Cambridge came from His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Army at the time. The hospital was built on a hill because current clinical thinking at the time thought that the wind would sweep away any infection and clean the air. The CMH was famed for its supposedly mile long corridor, with self contained wards and rooms branching off on either side. It was hoped that this design would reduce cross infection. The Louise Margaret Hospital opened in 1898 and eventually changed its name and purpose in 1958 to become the Louise Margaet Maternity Hospital, caring solely for mothers and babies. The CMH was used throughout its years to house casualties from the majority of the wars this country has seen; from the first world war upto the first gulf war. The Cambridge Military Hospital closed down in 1996. Many factors were given as the reason for its closure; cost to maintain, efficiency and asbestos were among them.
Our Visit
Well, this was the first one for the day and after a disappointing fail the day before, we had everything crossed for this. Explored with Banshee =} on this South Of England trip. This was a first visit to CMH for both of us and after much walking,running,crawling and climbing we eventually made it into the Maternity Wards. Unfortunately, we didnt have time to head over to the rest of the site but i think a revisit may be on the cards for this one. All in all cracking explore and definitely a favourite of mine.
Now on with some pics.
and final to finish
Hope You Enjoyed !
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