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Background imageHealthcare Collection: Mobile midwifery med01_01_0490

Mobile midwifery med01_01_0490
Queen Charlottes Maternity Hospital And Midwifery Training School, Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith And Fulham, Greater London. Midwives leaving the hospital on motorised bicycles carrying analgesia

Background imageHealthcare Collection: St Thomas Hospital JLP01_09_770296

St Thomas Hospital JLP01_09_770296
ST THOMAS HOSPITAL, LAMBETH PALACE ROAD, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. Looking along the central avenue between four new blocks at St Thomas Hospital, with the hospital sign in the foreground

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Operating theatre med01_01_0379

Operating theatre med01_01_0379
St Michaels Orthopaedic Hospital, Marine Parade East, Clacton On Sea, Tendring, Essex. A view of the operating theatre. Photographed for the Topical Press Agency Ltd in May 1939

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Hospital laundry JLP01_08_069259

Hospital laundry JLP01_08_069259
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Workers washing and pressing bed linen in the laundry at West Cumberland Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Mobile X-ray unit med01_01_0532

Mobile X-ray unit med01_01_0532
Staff lifting mobile radiography and X-ray apparatus from a van. Mobile X-ray units, designed by Marie Curie, were used during WWI

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Anaesthetic room med01_01_0380

Anaesthetic room med01_01_0380
St Michaels Orthopaedic Hospital, Marine Parade East, Clacton On Sea, Tendring, Essex. A view of the anaesthetic room. Photographed for the Topical Press Agency Ltd in May1939

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Making iron lungs med01_01_0323

Making iron lungs med01_01_0323
Morris Motor Works, Hollow Way, Cowley, Oxford. A scene in a factory producing iron lungs for Australia. Lord Nuffield, the car magnate

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Demonstrating an iron lung med01_01_0377

Demonstrating an iron lung med01_01_0377
Charing Cross Underground Station, City Of Westminster, Greater London. Two nurses operating an iron lung at an exhibition in Charing Cross underground station

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Mobile first aid post MED01_01_0220

Mobile first aid post MED01_01_0220
A bus which has been converted into an A.R.P. mobile first aid post. Converted buses were first used in September 1939. Some could still be used as ordinary buses

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Maternity block JLP01_08_069254

Maternity block JLP01_08_069254
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. The entrance to the maternity clinic at West Cumberland Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Walsgrave Hospital JLP01_08_081910

Walsgrave Hospital JLP01_08_081910
Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry. The exterior of the Maternity Block at the Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, showing the main entrance and ambulance canopy

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Care for the elderly med01_01_0235

Care for the elderly med01_01_0235
Welfield Home For Aged And Infirm Women, Wellfield Road, Hatfield New Town, Hertfordshire. A view of a ward. Originally the Hatfield Parish Workhouse, the building was constructed in 1788

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Radiography MED01_01_0123

Radiography MED01_01_0123
St Bartholomews Hospital, West Smithfield, City Of London. A surgeon examining an x-ray photograph at the Mozelle Sasson High Voltage X-Ray Therapy Department at St Bartholomews Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Diving platform PLA01_09_206

Diving platform PLA01_09_206
PIONEER HEALTH CENTRE, ST MARY'S ROAD, SOUTHWARK, GREATER LONDON. The diving platform in the swimming pool of the former Pioneer Health Centre, Frobisher Place

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Pioneer Health Centre PLA01_09_197

Pioneer Health Centre PLA01_09_197
PIONEER HEALTH CENTRE, ST MARY'S ROAD, SOUTHWARK, GREATER LONDON. The sign and blue plaque at the entrance of the former Pioneer Health Centre, Frobisher Place

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Waving her off JLP01_08_069738a

Waving her off JLP01_08_069738a
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Hospital staff crowd balconies at West Cumberland Hospital to wave off the Queen Mother as she departs in her

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Official opening JLP01_08_069732

Official opening JLP01_08_069732
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. The Queen Mother unveiling a plaque celebrating the official opening of West Cumberland Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Queen Mother JLP01_08_069730

Queen Mother JLP01_08_069730
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. The Queen Mother and her entourage approaching the entrance to West Cumberland Hospital for its official opening

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Radiography controls JLP01_08_069288

Radiography controls JLP01_08_069288
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. An x-ray room in the radiography department at West Cumberland Hospital showing the control booth

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Student nurses JLP01_08_069285

Student nurses JLP01_08_069285
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Two student nurses being instructed in how to take blood pressure readings at the nurses school at West Cumberland

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Orthopaedic ward JLP01_08_069281

Orthopaedic ward JLP01_08_069281
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Two men in bed on one of the orthopaedic wards at West Cumberland Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Hospital reception JLP01_08_069266

Hospital reception JLP01_08_069266
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Two nurses talking in the main entrance and waiting area at West Cumberland Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Nurses accommodation JLP01_08_057435

Nurses accommodation JLP01_08_057435
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Two nurses outside the entrance to the nurses accommodation block at West Cumberland Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Nurses sitting room JLP01_08_073772

Nurses sitting room JLP01_08_073772
Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry. Three nurses smoking and reading the newspaper in the sitting room at the Sisters Home at Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Incubators JLP01_08_075845

Incubators JLP01_08_075845
Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry. Two nurses tend to babies in incubators whilst a third inspects a trolley of milk bottles in the After Care Unit at Walsgrave

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Walsgrave Hospital JLP01_08_081907

Walsgrave Hospital JLP01_08_081907
Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry. A view of the Nurses Home and Training School at Walsgrave Hospital Coventry, looking north

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Delivery JLP01_09_851556a

Delivery JLP01_09_851556a
St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, Wandsworth, Greater London. A lorry delivering light weight aggregate to the St James Wing construction site at St Georges Hospital, Tooting

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Hospital ward JLP01_10_34516

Hospital ward JLP01_10_34516
St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, Wandsworth, Greater London. A nurse taking a patients pulse and temperature on a ward at St Georges Hospital, Tooting

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Radiography JLP01_10_34515

Radiography JLP01_10_34515
St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, Wandsworth, Greater London. Two radiographers adjusting x-ray equipment at St Georges Hospital, Tooting

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Accident and Emergency JLP01_10_36518

Accident and Emergency JLP01_10_36518
St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, Wandsworth, Greater London. The exterior of the newly completed St James Wing at St Georges Hospital, Tooting

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Hospital building JLP01_09_851035a

Hospital building JLP01_09_851035a
St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, Wandsworth, Greater London. The St James Wing at St Georges Hospital, Tooting, under construction

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Hydrotherapy pool JLP01_10_23362

Hydrotherapy pool JLP01_10_23362
MAYDAY HOSPITAL, LONDON ROAD, WEST THORNTON, CROYDON, GREATER LONDON. A hydrotherapy pool in the new rehabilitation centre at Mayday Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Mayday Hospital JLP01_10_13255

Mayday Hospital JLP01_10_13255
MAYDAY HOSPITAL, LONDON ROAD, WEST THORNTON, CROYDON, GREATER LONDON. A view towards the new services block and surgical block at Mayday Hospital, taken from the north-west

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Operating theatre handover JLP01_09_823228

Operating theatre handover JLP01_09_823228
MAYDAY HOSPITAL, LONDON ROAD, WEST THORNTON, CROYDON, GREATER LONDON. G Putley, project manager, and I Simple posed in an operating theatre at Mayday Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Operating theatre JLP01_09_823224

Operating theatre JLP01_09_823224
MAYDAY HOSPITAL, LONDON ROAD, WEST THORNTON, CROYDON, GREATER LONDON. A view of an operating theatre in the new surgical block at Mayday Hospital, taken from an anaesthetic room

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Topping out ceremony JLP01_09_811082

Topping out ceremony JLP01_09_811082
MAYDAY HOSPITAL, LONDON ROAD, WEST THORNTON, CROYDON, GREATER LONDON. A group of people posed with celebratory drinks on the roof of the services block at Mayday Hospital during the topping out

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Topping out ceremony JLP01_09_811081

Topping out ceremony JLP01_09_811081
MAYDAY HOSPITAL, LONDON ROAD, WEST THORNTON, CROYDON, GREATER LONDON. Denis Sweaney, Chairman of Croydon Area Health Authority

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Topping out ceremony JLP01_09_811079

Topping out ceremony JLP01_09_811079
MAYDAY HOSPITAL, LONDON ROAD, WEST THORNTON, CROYDON, GREATER LONDON. Denis Sweaney, chairman of Croydon Area Health Authority

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Occupational healthcare JLP01_08_053294

Occupational healthcare JLP01_08_053294
A view of a site nurse employed on Project B of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (the M1), examining the eyes of a Laing worker

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Blood supply MED01_01_0922

Blood supply MED01_01_0922
Army Blood Supply Depot, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, City Of Bristol. Two men transferring blood from small donation bottles into large glass Winchester bottles. Plasma transfusion


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