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35 items

Healthcare Collection: Ward life

Ward life Collection
15 items

Healthcare Collection: Before the NHS

Before the NHS Collection
29 items

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Barnsley Hall Hospital EAR017085

Barnsley Hall Hospital EAR017085
Barnsley Hall Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Designed by George Thomas Hine and opened in 1907, since closure in 1966 it has now mostly been demolished

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Site nurse JLP01_08_053292

Site nurse JLP01_08_053292
MILTON KEYNES. A site nurse wading through mud in Section B3 of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (the M1) during its construction

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: St Marys Hospital Portsmouth JLP01_10_00022

St Marys Hospital Portsmouth JLP01_10_00022
St Marys Hospital, Milton Road, Portsmouth. View of the completed west wing. Photographed in July 1968. John Laing Charitable Trust

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: 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: 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: Wounded soldiers and nurses CC002807

Wounded soldiers and nurses CC002807
Great Dixter, Garden, Northiam, Great Dixter, Rother, East Sussex. Red Cross staff, recuperating soldiers and members of the Lloyd family in the gardens of Great Dixter, Northam

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: Iron lung at Lourdes med01_01_0369

Iron lung at Lourdes med01_01_0369
Sanctuary Of Our Lady Of Lourdes, Basilica Of Our Lady Of The Rosary, Lourdes, France. View of clergy passing pilgrims, including a trailer housing a patient in an iron lung, at Lourdes

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: Winsford Cottage Hospital 33907_020

Winsford Cottage Hospital 33907_020
The former Winsford Cottage Hospital now restored into holiday accommodation by The Landmark Trust, Devon, 2020

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Hospital reception JLP01_10_26702

Hospital reception JLP01_10_26702
West Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, West Dorset. A view from the doorway into the main entrance lobby at West Dorset County Hospital

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Pathways JLP01_10_26693

Pathways JLP01_10_26693
West Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, West Dorset. A view of West Dorset County Hospital from a pathway at the south east, showing a sign to the main entrance

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Severalls Hospital 33239_021

Severalls Hospital 33239_021
Colchester, Essex. The disused Severalls Hospital, formerly the Second Essex County Asylum, 2016

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Miners Convalescent Home 28952_015

Miners Convalescent Home 28952_015
Skegness, Lincolnshire. The Derbyshire Miners Convalescent Home and Holiday Camp, 2017. TF5765

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: Ward Two DP149312

Ward Two DP149312
Basil Hill Barracks, Corsham, Wiltshire. Underground bunker, hospital area, detail of signage - Ward 2

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Derby Royal Infirmary EAW004686

Derby Royal Infirmary EAW004686
The Royal Infirmary (London Road Community Hospital), Derby. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1947

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Princess Margaret Hospital EAW109066

Princess Margaret Hospital EAW109066
The Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon (now demolished). Photographed in March 1963. Aerofilms Collection

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Stoke Park Colony EAW005368

Stoke Park Colony EAW005368
The Stoke Park Colony (Stoke Park Hospital), Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, South Gloucestershire, 13th May 1947. The, now yellow, Dower House, situated on the balustraded terrace

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Hospital kitchen, St Andrews BL22899

Hospital kitchen, St Andrews BL22899
St Andrews Hospital, Dollis Hill, London. Three female staff working in the kitchen. The hospital was built by the Diocese of Westminster in 1912 for paying patients

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Cloisters at Birmingham General Hospital BL14826

Cloisters at Birmingham General Hospital BL14826
BIRMINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands. View along the cloisters at Birmingham General Hospital. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere, May 1898

Background imageHealthcare Collection: Royal Northern Hospital BL08707

Royal Northern Hospital BL08707
ROYAL NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Holloway Road, Holloway, Islington, Greater London. Interior of the out-patients waiting room, showing poeple waiting to be seen


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