Blood taking using Ministry of Health method, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, Westminster, Greater London
This shows how equipment was arranged for taking a donor’s blood by the Ministry of Health method. A “blood depot”, the predecessor modern blood banks, was established during World War One in order to store blood for wounded troops. In anticipation of civilian causalities, before the outbreak of World War Two four depots were established in the English Home Counties to collect, store, and distribute blood for air raid casualties. The National Blood Transfusion Service was later set up in 1946 under the control of the Ministry of Health.
