Pendrill Charles Varrier-Jones Explained

Dr (later Sir) Pendrill Charles Varrier-Jones (24 February 1883 – 30 January 1941) was a Welsh-born physician who created Papworth Village Settlement, an industrial colony for the treatment and rehabilitation of tuberculosis patients.^{[1] [2]} From 1948, the treatment blocks of the settlement were passed to the National Health Service to become Papworth Hospital and the charitable foundation later became the Papworth Trust.^{[3] [4]}

Published works

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• Varrier-Jones, Pendrill C., with a preface by G. Sims Woodhead (1916). Tuberculosis and the Working Man: An Appeal to Friendly Societies. Cambridge: W. Heffer
• Woodhead, G. Sims & Varrier-Jones, Pendrill; with preface by Sir Clifford Allbutt (1920). Industrial Colonies and Village Settlements for the Consumptive. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Book available online

External links

• Sir Pendrill Charles Varrier-Jones in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• "Papworth Village Settlement--a unique experiment in the treatment and care of the tuberculous?," Linda Bryder, Medical History, 1984 Oct; 28 (4): pp. 372–90

Notes and References

1. Web site: Inspiring Physicians RCP Museum.
2. Web site: Papworth Everard: Introduction British History Online. www.british-history.ac.uk. 2016-03-31. . See Papworth Industries, the manufacturing arm of the settlement.
3. Web site: Papworth Hospital History. www.papworthhospital.nhs.uk. 2016-03-31. 2016-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410051122/http://www.papworthhospital.nhs.uk/content.php?%2Fabout%2Fhistory. dead.
4. Web site: Our history Papworth Trust. www.papworthtrust.org.uk. 2016-03-31.