A e biography queen elizabeth hospital margate

In 1930, George V was on the throne, Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in a comic strip and Ramsay MacDonald was Prime Minister,

It also marked the official opening of the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, which celebrates its 90th birthday today.

Building work on the St Peter’s Road site started in 1928, with the foundation stone laid by Sir Charles Batho, the then Lord Mayor of London, and the opening ceremony was performed by Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught.

Prince Arthur was the seventh of Queen Victoria’s nine children and his wife was a qualified nurse.

The new hospital had 87 beds and one operating theatre and replaced the old Margate Cottage Hospital, which opened in 1876 and is now Edith Court.

It cost a total of £70,000, largely raised by the Thanet community.

In 1948, the hospital became part of the newly formed NHS, and was renamed Margate General Hospital.

Over the years it became