St Leonard's Hospital, Hackney Explained
St Leonard's Hospital is a hospital in Hoxton, London.
History
The hospital was founded as the infirmary for the St Leonard’s Shoreditch Workhouse in 1777.[1] It was known as St Leonard's Infirmary. The workhouse was rebuilt between 1863 and 1866 and the infirmary was rebuilt in 1872.[1] It had become known as St Leonard's Hospital by 1920 and came under the management of London County Council in 1930.[1] It was the first hospital to receive casualties during the Blitz and then joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1]
Although the hospital was the subject of a workers’ occupation aiming to keep the hospital open in July 1984,[2] it ceased to operate a general hospital later that year.[1] Nevertheless the building continues to provide services on behalf of Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.[3]
Notable staff
- Joanna (also known as Joan) Inglis, (1863–1958), Matron 1902- until at least 1928.[4] [5] Inglis trained at The London Hospital under Matron Eva Luckes between 1892-1894.[6] After her training she worked as a staff nurse before moving on for promotion.[7] She was a member of the County and County Borough Matrons Association,[8] and also Treasurer of the Poor Law Infirmary Matrons Association.[9] During her time as matron, Inglis significantly improved nursing and nurse training at the hospital and thereby contributed to the professionalisation of Poor Law Nursing.[10]
- Edith Cavell served as Assistant Matron at the hospital from 1903 to 1906. Cavell had also trained at The London Hospital.[11]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: St Leonard's Hospital Nuttall Street, Shoreditch. Lost Hospitals of London. 13 April 2014.
- Web site: The South London Women's Hospital Occupation 1984-85. Past tense. 7 April 2014.
- Web site: St Leonard's Hospital: Services. 9 July 2018.
- 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 A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
- Inglis, Joanna, Register of Nurses, General Part–1928, 17; The General Nursing Council for England and Wales; The Nursing Registers, 1898–1968 [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 1 December 2017].
- Joanna Inglis, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 34; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- Joanna Inglis, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 149; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- March 1937 . The Public Health . . 85 . 65 . RCN.
- 3 March 1923 . Poor Law Infirmary Matrons' Association . . 70 . 1882 . 138 . Female Forerunners Worldwide -Gale.
- 27 May 1905 . ‘The Nurses of Shoreditch Infirmary: interview with the Matron’, . . 38 . 974 . 143–145.
- Book: Grant, Sally. 1995. Edith Cavell 1865–1915. Larks Press. Dereham, Norfolk. 5–6. 978-0948400285.
