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An overview of healthcare in Hackney Introduction From Fever …

WEBBy Lisa Rigg. Hospitals are the places where the community meets medicine. By studying hospitals and health centres in Hackney we aim to map a history …

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Healthcare in Hackney: personal stories and history

WEBWelcome. From Fever to Consumption tells the story of healthcare in Hackney. The content for this website has been written by volunteers who researched and recorded the …

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Timeline St Leonard's Hospital (1863-1984)

WEB1774. An Act of Parliament is passed in the reign of George III for the provision of a workhouse for the poor in the parish of St Leonard’s, Shoreditch.

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The Mothers' Hospital, Lower Clapton Road

WEBBuilt 1913-14 By Ken Worpole. Like many others conceived in East London during the Second World War, I was born in a castle: Willersley Castle, near Matlock, …

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Admissions and Discharge Book, 1880-81

WEBHackney Union Infirmary By Sue Kinder. In the 1880s the Hackney Union Infirmary had approximately 350 patients. Some of the reasons for admission to the …

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The first purpose-built NHS health centre

WEBJohn Scott Health Centre. On 14 October 1952, the Woodberry Down Health Centre (later renamed the John Scott Health Centre) was opened by Labour MP …

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An overview John Scott Health Centre (1952 to present day)

WEBBy Virginia Smith. The Woodberry Down Health Centre (later renamed the John Scott Health Centre) was the first purpose-built health centre in Britain.

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Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960) Alumni

WEBMinister of Health. Aneurin [Nye] Bevin was born on 15 November 1897 in Tredegar, Wales. He was the sixth of ten children of David and Phoebe Bevan.

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Closure and its legacy today

WEBIn 2010 the former Hackney Hospital site is a shadow of its former self. Most of the buildings have been demolished. The Nurses' Home, built in 1937, is due for …

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Free at the point of delivery Post NHS (1948-1986) Teachers' …

WEBFree at the point of delivery. The National Health Service Act 1946 came into effect on 5 July 1948 replacing the patchwork of private, municipal and charity …

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Built 1863-66 St Leonard's Hospital, Kingsland Road Architecture

WEBBuilt 1863-66 By Hannah Parham. St Leonard's Hospital, Kingsland Road was built in 1863-6 as the workhouse of the parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch.

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Hackney Workhouse Infirmary (1834-1873)

WEBIn 1764 the Parish trustees felt they had taken over an infirmary rather than a workhouse. By 1837 the Guardians of the Poor reappointed one apothecary for the workhouse and …

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Hackney Hospital and Institution (1930-48)

WEBBy the 1930s former poor law institutions were almost exclusively occupied by the aged and infirm, vagrants, unmarried mothers and the sick. With the passing of …

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Working mothers The Salvation Army

WEBBy Natasha Lewer “Can’t you have your next servant from Dalston?” Sometimes the father of the baby was traced by Salvation Army officers and persuaded …

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A personal reflection The Mothers' and my family The Mothers

WEBA personal reflection By Claudia Jessop. On 10 August 1933 Ruth Sylvester was born at the Mothers' Hospital in Lower Clapton Road. A look through the birth …

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Unmarried beginnings Ivy House (1890-1913)

WEBUnmarried beginnings By Peter Archard. On 10 October 1890 Agnes Ball gave birth to a baby girl at Ivy House, the Salvation Army’s Rescue Home and Hospital …

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Built 1938-9 'E' Block Hackney Hospital, Homerton High Street

WEBThe Duchess of Gloucester, accompanied by the Minister of Health and the Matron, present Mrs Arthur Cantwell of Spurstowe Road with an engraved silver …

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Maternity homes The Salvation Army

WEBBy Natasha Lewer Pregnant outside marriage Girls and women who became pregnant outside marriage frequently found themselves ostracised and thrown …

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Rural castles and urban bombs The Mothers' in the Second …

WEBRural castles and urban bombs By Natasha Lewer Facing up to war. The outbreak of war in 1939 brought a great many changes to the Mothers' Hospital.

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