Belgrave Hospital for Children

Ospitaal sukaaɓe BelgraveOspitaal sukaaɓe Belgrave to Kennington, to Londres, to leydi Angalteer ko opitaal baɗaaɗo e dow yarlitaare, sosaa ko to Pimlico, to Londres e hitaande 1866.[1] Mahdi safrirde kesiri mahiraa hakkunde 1899 e 1926 to laawol 1 Clapham e dow diisnondiral Charles Holden.[2] Nde toɗɗaa ko mahdi limtaaɗi e tolno II* e hitaande 1981, hannde ko suudu hoɗɓe.[3]

The Belgrave Hospital for Children in Kennington, London, United Kingdom was a voluntary hospital founded in Pimlico, London in 1866.[1] A new hospital building was constructed between 1899 and 1926 at 1 Clapham Road from a design by Charles Holden.[2] It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1981 and is currently residential flats.[3]

History The hospital was founded in 1866 and was originally sited in Gloucester Street, Pimlico.[4] The Kennington building was designed by Charles Holden, on a site plan by H. Percy Adams,[4] and was built in stages between 1899 and 1926.[5] The foundation stone was laid by Princess Beatrice on 27 June 1900.[4]

It joined the National Health Service in 1948 as part of the King's College Hospital Group.[5] It closed in 1985 and remained disused until it was converted into residential accommodation in the 1990s.[5]

Notable staff Arthur Bankart, orthopaedic surgeon best known for describing the Bankart lesion and Bankart repair for shoulder dislocation.[6] Frances Ethel Barwell RRC, (1868–1963), Matron 1899– until at least 1928.[7] Barwell trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1894 and 1896.[8] She was given leave of absence to serve in France, March 1915 – April 1919 as a Sister in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military nursing Service Reserve.[8] Sir Farquhar Buzzard, prominent British physician and Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford (1928–1943).[9] Clinton Thomas Dent, surgeon, author and mountaineer.[10] Robert Farquharson, Scottish doctor and Liberal politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeenshire West.[11] Alfred Morcom, medical doctor and first-class cricketer.[12] Flora Murray, Scottish medical pioneer, and a member of the Women's Social and Political Union suffragettes.[13]

The Belgrave Hospital for Children, front detail Dan Leno On 20 October 1904, the music hall star Dan Leno donated £625 to the hospital after his last show. He died 11 days later.[14]

See also List of hospitals in England References

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