6th April

1908

Staff records NHNN/S/6

Mrs H H

Mrs H was appointed from 6th April 1908 as Instructress in the School of Massage and the National Hospital. Her application for this post contained the following information: ‘Age 41; husband abroad for some years; children – 2 girls at Lichfield High School and 1 boy (5 years old) lives with his grandmother at Derby; current post – Assistant Medical Gymnast at the Central Foundation School for Girls, Spital Square E2 and as masseuse working under doctors.’

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