Seafarers Hospital Society
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The Seafarers Hospital Society, formerly the Seamen's Hospital Society, is a
Current activities
The Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital continues to the present day under the
The society currently part-funds the Seafarers' Advice and Information Line,
Foundation
The first meeting of the society's committee of management was on 8 March 1821 and they initially provided the Seaman's Infirmary hospital ship using the ex-naval HMS Grampus at Deptford in October 1821.[3]
Founding members of the management committee included Thomas Sturge, Zachary Macaulay and Captain William Young. William Wilberforce was one of the many vice presidents, and the patron was the king himself.[4]
19th century
It relocated twice to other ex-naval ships; 1831 to 1857
The
20th century
In 1919 the dedicated
Meanwhile, the in-patient Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital continued at Greenwich until its closure in 1986, with special services for seamen and their families then provided by the 'Dreadnought Unit' at
21st century
The former hospital building is now being redeveloped to become a new Students' Union & study space as part of the University of Greenwich.
Notable staff
- Christina Graham Knight (1862-1959), Matron, 1898[7]-1919.[8][9] [10]Knight trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1891 and 1893.[8] [11][12]Knight became sister at the Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock, Greenwich in 1896, and was promoted to matron in 1898.[8][13]
See also
- Healthcare in London
- Royal Hamadryad Hospital, a hospital ship and later a seamen's hospital in Cardiff
References
- ^ "Our Funders". Seafarers' Advice and Information Line. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ UK Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 73 - "The Charities (Seamen's Hospital Society) Order 1999". An order amending the Seaman's Hospital Society Act 1833, removing impractical or anachronistic measures and extending benefits to seawomen as well as seamen.
- ^ a b c "Research guide A6: Greenwich and the National Maritime Museum". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ The annual subscription charities and public societies in London. 1823. p. 24. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. No. 25518. London. 7 June 1866. col E-F, p. 12.
- ^ Archives in London and the M25 area (AIM25) Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital
- ^ Burdett's Official Nursing Directory, Directory of Nurses, 1898. The Scientific Press. 1898. p. 453.
- ^ a b c 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)
- ^ Matrons Annual Letter, No.6, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.6, March 1899, 19; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- The Nursing Times. 15 (757): 1164. 1 November 1919 – via Gale Primary Sources.
- ^ Christina Graham Knight, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/3, 220; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ Christina Graham Knight, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 140; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ "'Nursing Tropical Diseases in London: Interview with the Matron of the Seamen's Hospital at the Victoria and Albert Docks'". The Hospital. 36 (918): 60–63. 30 April 1904 – via www.rcn.org.
Further reading
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, article on the society's history
- Greenwich Guide's history of Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital/Library
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