Grove Hospital Explained

Grove Hospital
Location:	Tooting Grove
Region:	London
Country:	England
Founded:	1899
Closed:	1958
Website:	None
Map Type:	United Kingdom London Wandsworth

^[1] The Grove Hospital, originally the Grove Fever Hospital, was a hospital for infectious diseases opened in Tooting Grove, London.

History

The hospital was commissioned in 1893 and opened as the Grove Fever Hospital in Tooting Grove, London in 1899.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The Fountain Fever Hospital was added as an annexe in 1893, but in 1913 it was converted to become a mental hospital for children who were severely 'mentally subnormal'.^[5]

The Grove Fever Hospital became the Grove Military Hospital in 1916 before reverting to civilian use as a fever hospital again in 1920.^[2] In 1932, Joseph Bramhall Ellison, while working at the hospital, discovered that vitamin A significantly reduces measles mortality in children.^[6] It joined the National Health Service as the Grove Hospital in 1948.^[2] It became St George's Hospital, Tooting Branch in 1958 and, although two ward blocks remain, most of the premises were demolished in 1973.^[2]

Notable staff

• Alice Ann Browne R.R.C.^[7] (1866–) Matron, 1902 – until at least 1925,^[8] also Matron of The Grove Military Hospital 1916–1919.^[9] Browne trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1895 and 1897 and had worked at St Pancras Infirmary as Night Sister and Matron at the Union Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne before this appointment. Whilst she was matron of the Fever Hospital Browne was responsible for 537 patients. As a military hospital it enlarged to 1,000 beds.^[10]
• Flora Harris (1870-1930), Assistant Matron and Matron of the Fountain Hospital and Highwood School 1910-1930.^{[11] [12]} Harris trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1902-1904.^{[13] [14] [15]}

External links

• St George's Hospital

Notes and References

1. Flora Harris, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/9, 93; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
2. Web site: Grove Hospital. Lost Hospitals of London. ezitis.myzen.co.uk. 13 July 2018.
3. Web site: AIM25 collection description. aim25.com. 13 July 2018.
4. Web site: Grove Hospital, Tooting. Workhouses. 13 July 2018.
5. Web site: 4 September 2023 . Fountain Hospital . 4 September 2023 . Lost Hospitals of London.
6. Joseph Bramhall Ellison's discovery that vitamin A reduces measles mortality. 2003 . Johns Hopkins University. 12679179 . 13 July 2018. Semba . R. D. . Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) . 19 . 4 . 390–394 . 10.1016/s0899-9007(02)01005-5 .
7. Alice Ann Browne, 9 April 1919, Register of The Royal Red Cross, 1883–1994; WO145/2, 111; The National Archives, Kew [Available at: www.findmypast.co.uk, accessed on 28 February 2021]
8. Browne, Alice Ann, Register of Nurses, General Part 1925, 205; The General Nursing Council for England and Wales; The Nursing Registers, 1898–1968 [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 10 June 2018]
9. Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons’? A study of Eva Lückes’s influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
10. An Interested Visitor . 11 August 917 . 'The Grove Military Hospital, Tooting Graveney' . . 59 . 1532 . 7–8 .
11. 15 November 1930 . Obituary . . 26 . 1333 . 19 . Gale Women's Studies Archive.
12. 8 October 1910 . Appointments . . 45 . 291.
13. Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
14. Flora Harris, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/2, 58; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.
15. Flora Harris, Private Nursing Institution Register, October 1905 – September 1906; RLHLH/N/5/11, 240; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London