St Leonard's Hospital, Hackney

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St Leonard's Hospital
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
St Leonard's Hospital
Location within Hackney
Geography
Location	Hoxton, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.5333°N 0.0774°W / 51.5333; -0.0774
Organisation
Care system	NHS England
History
Opened	1777
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

St Leonard's Hospital is a hospital in Hoxton, London.

History

The hospital was founded as the infirmary for the St Leonard’s Shoreditch Workhouse in 1777.[1] It was known as St Leonard's Infirmary. The workhouse was rebuilt between 1863 and 1866 and the infirmary was rebuilt in 1872.[1] It had become known as St Leonard's Hospital by 1920 and came under the management of London County Council in 1930.[1] It was the first hospital to receive casualties during the Blitz and then joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1]

Although the hospital was the subject of a workers’ occupation aiming to keep the hospital open in July 1984,[2] it ceased to operate a general hospital later that year.[1] Nevertheless the building continues to provide services on behalf of Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.[3]

Notable staff

• Joanna (also known as Joan) Inglis, (1863–1958), Matron 1902- until at least 1928.[4][5] Inglis trained at The London Hospital under Matron Eva Luckes between 1892-1894.[4][6] After her training she worked as a staff nurse before moving on for promotion.[4][7] She was a member of the County and County Borough Matrons Association,[8] and also Treasurer of the Poor Law Infirmary Matrons Association.[9] During her time as matron, Inglis significantly improved nursing and nurse training at the hospital and thereby contributed to the professionalisation of Poor Law Nursing.[10]
• Edith Cavell served as Assistant Matron at the hospital from 1903 to 1906.[1] Cavell had also trained at The London Hospital.[11]

See also

• List of hospitals in England

References

1. "St Leonard's Hospital Nuttall Street, Shoreditch". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
2. "The South London Women's Hospital Occupation 1984-85". Past tense. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
3. "St Leonard's Hospital: Services". Retrieved 9 July 2018.
4. 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 A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
5. Inglis, Joanna, Register of Nurses, General Part–1928, 17; The General Nursing Council for England and Wales; The Nursing Registers, 1898–1968 [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 1 December 2017].
6. Joanna Inglis, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 34; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
7. Joanna Inglis, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 149; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
8. "The Public Health". The British Journal of Nursing. 85: 65. March 1937 – via RCN.
9. "Poor Law Infirmary Matrons' Association". The British Journal of Nursing. 70 (1882): 138. 3 March 1923 – via Female Forerunners Worldwide -Gale.
10. "'The Nurses of Shoreditch Infirmary: interview with the Matron',". The Hospital, Nursing Section. 38 (974): 143–145. 27 May 1905.
11. Grant, Sally (1995). Edith Cavell 1865–1915. Dereham, Norfolk: Larks Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0948400285.