Samaritan Hospital Nottingham

Samaritan Hospital Nottingham
St Mary's House in May 2021. The Samaritan Hospital was located in this building until 1923.
Location within Nottinghamshire
Geography
Location	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	52.9594°N 1.1622°W / 52.9594; -1.1622
Organisation
Type	Women's Hospital
History
Opened	1885
Closed	1923
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

The Samaritan Hospital (or Nottingham Samaritan Hospital) was a hospital in Raleigh Street, Nottingham, England.

History

The hospital opened in March 1885 in a building which had originally been known as Sandfield House.[1] The Raleigh Bicycle Company was founded on the same street, just two years later, in 1887.[2]

In the 1894 White's Directory of Nottinghamshire the following was listed in relation to the hospital:

The Samaritan Hospital for women in Raleigh Street was founded in 1885 for in-patients, and a department for out-patients at 5 Broad Street, during which time to December. 31, 1892, 16,278 patients have received medical advice. President, the Duke of Portland; honorary medical officers, Mr. George Elder, M.D., Mr E. B. Truman, M.D., and Mr H Michie, M.B., C.M.; honorary secretary, Mr J. A. Simpson; matron, Miss Paget.[3]

In 1923 it merged with Nottingham Castle Gate Hospital, 29-31 Castle Gate, to become the Nottingham Women's Hospital in Peel Street.[4][5] The building in Raleigh Street became a private nursing facility known as St Mary's Nursing Home which closed in 1972.[6][7]

References

1. Nottingham Samaritan Hospital for Women, Nottinghamshire Guardian (London, England), Friday, January 15, 1886; pg. 2; Issue 2121.
2. "Raleigh past and present". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
3. 1894 White's Directory of Nottinghamshire p.262
4. "Nottingham Hospital for Women". Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
5. "Samaritan Hospital Nottingham". National Archives. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
6. "St Mary's House, Raleigh Street". Picture the Past. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
7. "Nottingham Women's Hospital, Peel Street". Nottingham Hospitals History. Retrieved 21 October 2018.