on an even smaller point 1948 was after WW2 :-) Perhaps I should have said that it did not become a public hospital until after the war and it was a military hospital during and just after the War thanks Philip ----- Original Message ----- From: "James ~Pitman" <james.pitman@talktalk.net> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Taunton Hospitals > May I correct a small point we are this year celebrating the 60th > anniversary of the National Health Service which began in 1948 so all > hospitals before then were private that is you paid for treatment. > > James Pitman. > > <snip> > Philip Maddocks wrote: > > Musgrove Park did not go over to National Health until after WW2 as it > was > a military hospital. > <snip> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message