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Hospital in England
Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases
The National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic at Blandford Place in 1867
Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases is located in City of WestminsterMaida Vale Hospital for Nervous DiseasesLocation within Westminster
Geography
LocationMaida Vale, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°31′34″N 0°10′51″W / 51.5262°N 0.1807°W / 51.5262; -0.1807
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityNervous system diseases, epilepsy, paralysis
History
Opened1867
Closed1993
Links
ListsHospitals in England

The Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases was a hospital that existed in west London from 1867 to 1993.

History

The hospital was founded as the London Infirmary for Epilepsy and Paralysis by the German physician Julius Althaus (1833-1900) in 1867. In its first incarnation, it was based at Blandford Place in Marylebone. It moved to Portland Terrace in 1872, becoming the Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System in 1873 and the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis in 1876. It moved to a new building in Maida Vale, designed by the architects Young & Hall, opened by the Duchess of Argyll in 1903. At that time it became the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis and Other Diseases of the Nervous System, Maida Vale. It became the Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases (including Epilepsy and Paralysis) in 1937.

The facility joined the National Health Service as the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Maida Vale, at which time it also became part of the National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, now the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The site at 4 Maida Vale (the main road) was closed in 1993 and sold for development.

Notable staff

A series of nurses who trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes were Matron of Maida Vale Hospital for over 25 years.

  • Mary Louisa Pollett, (1865–1963), Matron from 1906 to 1907. She trained between 1893 and 1895. Pollett was matron of the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, City Road, London from 1907 to 1927.
  • Rose 'Stella' Weston (1867–1945), Matron 1907 to July 1932. Weston trained between 1897 and 1899. She was assistant matron of The London Chest Hospital, and Matron of the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital before moving to Maida Vale.
  • Ellen Kathleen Robson, (1890– ), Matron from 1932, left by 1939. She trained between 1919-1922.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. "Maida Vale Hopital [sic] for Nervous Diseases". National Archives. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. ^ 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).
  4. "Appointments". The British Journal of Nursing. 37: 131. 18 August 1906 – via RCN Historical Nursing Journals Collection, Female Forerunners Worldwide, Cengage-Gale.
  5. Mary Louisa Pollett, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 166; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  6. "Two Matrons Are Retiring". The Nursing Times: 343. 19 March 1927 – via RCN Historical Nursing Journals Collection, Female Forerunners Worldwide, Cengage-Gale.
  7. Matron’s Annual Letter to Nurses, No.14, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.14, March 1907, 32; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  8. Weston, Rose Stella, Register of Nurses, General Part 1931, 1827; The General Nursing Council for England and Wales; The Nursing Registers, 1898–1968 .
  9. ^ "A Visit to Maida Vale". Nursing Times. 28 (1420): 13–14. 16 July 1932 – via RCN Historical Nursing Journals Collection, Female Forerunners Worldwide, Cengage-Gale.
  10. Rose Stella Weston, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/6, 84; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  11. "Appointments". The British Journal of Nursing. 36: 504. 23 June 1906.
  12. "Appointments". The Hospital. 40 (1031): 180. 23 June 1906 – via The National Library of Medicine.
  13. ^ Robson, Ellen Kathleen, Register of Nurses, 1916–1923; The College of Nursing, 1923, 2152; The Nursing Registers, 1898–1968
  14. Robson, Ellen, K., Register: RG101/2458C/018/35; 1939 England and Wales Register for Brighton, East Sussex; The National Archives, Kew


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