Hounslow Hospital Explained

Hounslow Hospital
Location:	Hounslow
Region:	London
State:	England
Country:	UK
Coordinates:	51.4679°N -0.3733°W
Founded:	1875
Closed:	1977
Website:	None
Map Type:	United Kingdom London Hounslow

Hounslow Hospital was a small hospital for geriatric and long-stay patients situated in an industrial area of Hounslow, girdled by two motorways and Heathrow Airport. It was run by the Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Area Health Authority.

History

The hospital was founded by Dr. L. de B. Christian in 1875 and opened the following year. It moved to a new purpose-built building in Staines Road in 1913 and was extended in the 1920s. A new out-patients department and X-ray department were completed in 1927. It became part of the Emergency Medical Scheme during the Second World War.^[1]

In January 1977 the health authority announced the closure of the hospital with effect from August 1977. A work-in was organised which kept the hospital open for several months. In October 1977 the health authority forcibly removed the patients, but the occupation continued until November 1978. The matron’s office was occupied by the Fightback bulletin production team,^[2] the Assistant Matron’s office was used as headquarters for the West London Fire Brigades Union and Maple Ward became a ‘conference hall’ used by various local groups.^[3]

Notable Staff

• Alice 'Ethel' Jacob, (1861-), Matron 1897-1913.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} She worked at Chelsea Hospital for Women for six months before she trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1887-1889.^{[8] [9]} After her training she worked as a staff nurse for a year at The London.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hounslow Hospital. Lost Hospitals of London. 7 April 2014.
2. Web site: Records of 'Case Con', the radical social workers' magazine, and related research papers of Ted Brown. Warwick University Library. 6 July 2018.
3. Web site: The South London Women’s Hospital Occupation 1984-85. Past tense. 7 April 2014.
4. 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 A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
5. Matron’s Annual Letter to Nurses, No.4, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.4, June 1897, 19; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
6. Matron’s Annual Letter to Nurses, No.20, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.20, April 1913, 40; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.
7. Ethel Jacob RG14/6819, 19; The General Record Office, The England and Wales Census 1911 for Hounslow, Middlesex; The National Archives, Kew [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 16 November 2017].
8. Ethel Alice Jacob, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/2, 187; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
9. Ethel Alice Jacob, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 96; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London