London Fever Hospital Explained

London Fever Hospital
Location:Islington
Region:London
State:England
Country:UK
Coordinates:51.5368°N -0.1064°W
Healthcare:NHS England
Founded:1802
Closed:1975
Website:None
Map Type:United Kingdom London Islington

The London Fever Hospital was a voluntary hospital financed from public donations in Liverpool Road in Islington, London.[1] It was one of the first fever hospitals in the country.

History

Originally established with 15 beds in 1802 in Gray's Inn Road, it moved in 1815 to the west wing of the Smallpox Hospital at Battle Bridge where it had 120 beds.[2]

After the Northern Railway bought the original site for King's Cross station the compensation money paid enabled the charity to commission a new Hospital on Kettle Field, a 4-acre site in Liverpool Road, Islington with 200 beds.[2] The new hospital, which was designed by Charles Fowler, opened in 1848.[3] By 1924 it had about 150 beds.[4] A new wing was opened by the Duchess of York in 1928 and a new isolation block was opened by the Duke of Kent in 1938.[2]

In 1948, the hospital joined the National Health Service under the same management as the Royal Free Hospital.[2] After services had been transferred to the Royal Free Hospital, the hospital closed in 1975.[2]

Notable staff

See also

Further reading

Ben Weinreb, Christopher Hibbert. Macmillan 1995., p 476, 692

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morris . James . Royal Free: The lost Liverpool Road hospital where thousands of Islington babies were born . Islington Gazette . 10 January 2018 . 15 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Royal Free Hospital (Liverpool Road Branch). Lost Hospitals of London. 24 August 2015.
  3. Web site: The History and Redevelopment of the Royal Free Hospital Site in Islington. Local History. 17 April 2020.
  4. Web site: The London Fever Hospital. The Spectator. 12 January 1924. 14. 6 July 2018.
  5. 4 August 1958 . Obituary . . 924 . RCN.
  6. Laura Margaret Holroyde, RG15/17139, 30; The General Record Office, The England and Wales Census 1921 for Moreton, Birkenhead; The National Archives, Kew [Available at: www.findmypast.co.uk, accessed on 8 January 2022].
  7. Holroyde, Laura Margaret, Register of Nurses, General Part 1925, 777; The General Nursing Council for England and Wales; The Nursing Registers, 1898–1968 [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 29 October 2018]
  8. 15 April 1922 . Fever Matron's Address the Minister of Health . . 68 . 241–242 . RCN.
  9. Holroyde Laura M., RG101/280c; 1939 England and Wales Register for Islington, London; The National Archives, Kew [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 29 October 2018]
  10. 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)
  11. Laura Margaret Holroyde, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/15, 138; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  12. Laura Margaret Holroyde, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/3,133; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.
  13. Matrons Report, 8 January 1917, House Committee Minutes, 1916–1918; RLHLH/A/5/55, 160; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  14. 14 June 1919 . Royal Air Force, Royal Red Cross . . 62 . 402.

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