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Title: St. James' Hospital, 1943 - Battersea or Balham?
Post by: MWG on Friday 31 March 23 22:54 BST (UK)
I have a death certificate which records a death in 1943 at:

Registration District - Battersea
Sub-district - St. James' Hospital
Metropolitan Borough of Battersea

The burial register (West Norwood Cemetery) states death at 'St. James' Hospital' without giving an address.

I know there was a St. James' Hospital in Balham, but I could not find a St. James' Hospital further north in Battersea.

Was the hospital in Balham (near Ouseley Road, Balham - now closed) the one referred to in these records?

Mark
Title: Re: St. James' Hospital, 1943 - Battersea or Balham?
Post by: Girl Guide on Friday 31 March 23 23:56 BST (UK)
This is the information about the Battersea Registration District:-

BATTERSEA REGISTRATION DISTRICT
Registration County : London.
Created : 1.4.1930 (out of Wandsworth registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1965 (added to Wandsworth registration district).
Sub-districts : North Battersea; South Battersea; St. James Hospital
GRO volumes : 1d (1930–46); 5C (1946–65).
District number : 23 (1930–46); 218 (1946–65).

I cannot seem to find out what registration district Balham would have been in.  I've no idea what the distance is between Battersea and Balham so Balham could have been regarded as part of Battersea.
Title: Re: St. James' Hospital, 1943 - Battersea or Balham?
Post by: Bookbox on Saturday 01 April 23 10:28 BST (UK)
Quote from: MWG on Friday 31 March 23 22:54 BST (UK)
Was the hospital in Balham (near Ouseley Road, Balham - now closed) the one referred to in these records?

Yes, it's the same place. There was only one St James' Hospital in that area. It was formerly the workhouse infirmary for the Wandsworth & Clapham poor law union.

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=110&hospital=st+james&town=&searchdatabase.x=40&searchdatabase.y=10

https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/stjames.html

The Metropolitan Borough of Battersea covered parts of Wandsworth registration district.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Battersea
Title: Re: St. James' Hospital, 1943 - Battersea or Balham?
Post by: MonicaL on Saturday 01 April 23 15:23 BST (UK)
Photo of the old hospital here https://bjssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs.1800510210

Monica
Title: Re: St. James' Hospital, 1943 - Battersea or Balham?
Post by: MWG on Monday 03 April 23 18:42 BST (UK)
Many thanks to all.

Your replies, including the links, are most useful.

Balham it is!

Mark