20th April

1888

Staff records NHNN/S/4

Mr R G R

A note from the night sister dated 20 April 1888 states that Mr R (Residential House Clerk) was admitted by the night attendant on John Back Ward at 2.20 am. He found him wet through and not perfectly sober. The attendant assisted him with his coat and left him in the office; at 3.30 am the night sister heard him stumble up stairs to his room. Mr R responded to Mr Rawlings on 20 April 1888 “I did not understand that the rules as to the time of returning to the Hospital applied to me, and, as I cannot conform to them, beg to be released from my duties at your convenience.”

1915

Lady Superintendent reports NHNN/A/4/6

J. Lawrence – reports from 2 January 1905 to23 November 1915

‘I have to report that the Dean of Canterbury has kindly presented 34 volumes of Miss Peard’s novels for the Nurses’ Library.’

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On This Day is a diary of day to day life in the Hospital covering 1859 to the 1940’s.

Extracts are taken from the staff records, letters, the reports of the Matron and the Lady Superintendent, and the minutes of the Board of Management and the Medical Committee. They were compiled with the help of Janet Townsend, Frankie Alves, Louise Shepherd, Michael Clark and Liz Yamada

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