Dorking Cottage Hospital was a healthcare facility in Dorking, Surrey.
History
editThe hospital was initially opened in between 1863 and 1871 with six beds in order to provide the rural poor with healthcare.[1][2] The original intention was to include a home for girls and an orphanage, but this did not go ahead.[1] It was rebuilt in 1899 and had seventeen beds and three cots for children.[1][3] Following the formation of the National Health Service in 1948 the hospital was merged with the former Poor Law Infirmary and became Dorking General Hospital.[4]
Notable staff
editAt least two matrons who trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes ran the nursing department for over fifteen years.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Keith Atkins, 'The Cottage Hospital Movement in England & Wales 1850–1914: Origins, Growth and Contribution to the Healthcare of the Poor' (Unpublished PhD thesis, Kingston University for the posthumous award of the degree of PhD, 2018).
- ^ Burdett, Henry (1895). Burdett's Hospital and Charities Annual 1895. The Scientific Press. p. 392.
- ^ "Dorking Cottage Hospital". The Surrey Mirror: 5. 1 February 1901 – via British Newspaper Archive via FindmyPast.
- ^ "Dorking General Hospital". Historic England. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b 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 A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
- ^ Jean A. Farquharson, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/5, 66; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ "Dorking Cottage Hospital". The Surrey Advertiser and County Times: 5. 30 August 1902 – via British Newspaper Archive via Findmypast.
- ^ Mary Turner, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 177; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ Matron’s Annual Letter to Nurses, No.23, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.23, May 1916, 33; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London