Mill Road Hospital, which was a workhouse in the 19th century, was administered by Cambridgeshire County Council and prior to 1939 dealt mainly with male and female geriatric cases. It had a small maternity unit in which deliveries increased from 23 in 1934 to over 300 in 1939. Cambs. County Council had planned to convert it into a complete maternity unit but in World War II it was classified an EMS hospital and all except maternity patients were evacuated. It was used at first for medical and surgical patients evacuated from London and then for service personnel. Later, two wards were allocated for maternity cases from east London. After World War II, Cambs. County Council proceeded with plans for conversion. Plans were submitted to and approved by the Ministry of Health, but owing to building difficulties, work was not commenced. In 1948, the hospital became part of the United Cambridge Hospitals. Cambridge finally acquired a purpose built maternity hospital when the Rosie Maternity Hospital (vs.) opened on the Addenbrooke's site in 1983 and Mill Road closed. The Maternity Hospital, Mill Road, was sold in April 1984 for £705,000