I have a birth certificate of a relative with a place of birth in 1921 being 12 Exmoor Street, Kensington which I now know was the St Marylebone Infirmary (later St Charles' Hospital). The informant is neither of the parents, although both are named, and is described as "occupier" A.G.Commings. The child was born to an unmarried mother. Presumably, in those pre-NHS days, a hospital would have been set up by a private benefactor for specific types of the population e.g. poor, unmarried etc. Does anyone know what sort of hospital St Marylebone Infirmary was ?
Why would the place of birth on the certificate not be named as "St Marylebone Infirmary" ?
Any ideas ?
Why would the place of birth on the certificate not be named as "St Marylebone Infirmary" ?
Any ideas ?
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