 In 1948 the Minister for Health , Aneurin Bevan , conducted the symbolic inauguration of the National Health Service at Davyhulme 's Park Hospital , now renamed Trafford General Hospital . The area was home to the first District heating system in England . In operation by 1948 , a boiler house supplied hot water to 200 homes on a newly built housing estate . The water was heated with low @-@ grade fuels such as peat and coke , with houses built in groups of four for better efficiency . 
