Dorking Cottage Hospital was a healthcare facility in Dorking, Surrey.
History
The hospital was initially opened in between 1863 and 1871 with six beds in order to provide the rural poor with healthcare.Keith Atkins, 'The Cottage Hospital Movement in England & Wales 1850–1914: Origins, Growth and Contribution to the Healthcare of the Poor' (Unpublished PhD thesis, Kingston University for the posthumous award of the degree of PhD, 2018). The original intention was to include a home for girls and an orphanage, but this did not go ahead. It was rebuilt in 1899 and had seventeen beds and three cots for children. Following the formation of the National Health Service in 1948 the hospital was merged with the former Poor Law Infirmary and became Dorking General Hospital.
Notable staff At least two matrons who trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes ran the nursing department for over fifteen years. Jean Anne Farquharson (about 1861– ), Matron between 1899 and 1902, trained between 1895 and 1897.Jean A. Farquharson, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/5, 66; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London Mary Turner ( ), Matron between 1902 and at least 1916. Turner had trained between 1894 and 1896.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 A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)Mary Turner, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 177; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, LondonMatron’s Annual Letter to Nurses, No.23, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.23, May 1916, 33; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
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