The David Lewis Northern Hospital was located in Great Howard Street, Liverpool. It was first established in 1834 and closed in 1978.
History
The hospital had its origins in a facility which was established in Leeds Street to deal with victims of accidents and emergencies in the
dock area and which opened as the Northern Hospital in March 1834.
It moved to a purpose-built hospital, designed by Edward Welch, in Great Howard Street in September 1845.
[
The foundation stone for a re-built facility on the same site, financed by the David Lewis Trust, was laid by the ]Earl of Derby
Earl of Derby ( ) is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby, under a creation of 1139. It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end ...
in October 1896 and the new facility was opened by Princess Louise as the David Lewis Northern Hospital in March 1902. It joined the National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
in 1948. After services transferred to the Royal Liverpool Hospital
The Royal Liverpool University Hospital (RLUH) is a major teaching and research hospital located in the city of Liverpool, England. It is the largest and busiest hospital in Merseyside and Cheshire, and has the largest emergency department of i ...
, the David Lewis Northern Hospital closed in 1978.
Notable staff
* Annie Croft Godwin Glover (1868–1931), Matron from 1903 until she married in 1914. Glover trained at The London Hospital
The Royal London Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is part of Barts Health NHS Trust. It provides district general hospital services for the City of London and Tower Hamlets and spe ...
under Eva Luckes
Eva Charlotte Ellis Luckes (8 July 1854 – 16 February 1919) was Matron of The London Hospital from 1880 to 1919.
Early life
Eva Abigail Charlotte Ellis Luckes (she herself spelled her name Lückes with the umlaut)
was born in Exeter, Devo ...
between April 1896 and May 1898. During her training Glover worked in the 1897 Maidstone Typhoid Epidemic.[Annie Croft Godwin Glover, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/5, 112; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.] Glover rapidly gained promotion to Sister under Mabel Cave at The Metropolitan Hospital for six months in 1898. She was appointed Matron's Assistant at the Westminster Hospital
Westminster Hospital was a hospital in London, England, founded in 1719. In 1834 a medical school attached to the hospital was formally founded.
In 1939 a newly built hospital and medical school opened in Horseferry Road, Westminster. In 1994 the ...
in 1899 until she became Matron in Liverpool. Glover was also Principal Matron of the Nursing Corps of the South-West Lancashire Territorial Division.
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Hospitals in Liverpool
Defunct hospitals in England
1902 establishments in England
1978 disestablishments in England
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