This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jessiebeamer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/16521.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In 1939, 147a Mill Road was a hospital. It was originally built by the West Derby Union Board of Guardians as a workhouse for the poor and in 1891 was renamed Mill Road Infirmary and remained a general hospital until the Second World War when it sustained severe damage during an air-raid in 1941. It was eventually rebuilt and reopened as a maternity hospital in 1947. It no longer exists. 147a Mill Road was a pseudo-address: After 1904, registrars issuing birth certificates were instructed not to record 'Workhouse' etc as the childs place of birth should this prove detrimental to the child in later life. A pseudo-address was used without naming the institution. Apparently some registrars applied the same instruction to death certificates. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>