The Belgrave Hospital for Children in

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was a voluntary

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founded in

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, London in 1866. A new hospital building was constructed between 1899 and 1926 at 1 Clapham Road from a design by

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. It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1981 and is currently residential flats.

History

The hospital was designed by

and was built in stages between 1899 and 1926. It joined the

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in 1948 as part of the King's College Hospital Group. It closed in 1985 and remained disused until it was converted into residential accommodation in the 1990s.

Notable staff

Arthur Bankart Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart FRCS (1879–1951) was a British orthopaedic surgeon best known for describing the Bankart lesion and Bankart repair for shoulder dislocation. Biography Bankart was born in Exeter, the son of surgeon James Banka ...

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best known for describing the

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and

Bankart repair A Bankart repair is an operation for habitual anterior shoulder dislocation. The joint capsule is sewed to the detached glenoid labrum, without duplication of the subscapularis tendon. The procedure is named for the Bankart lesion, a common na ...

for

shoulder dislocation A dislocated shoulder is a condition in which the head of the humerus is detached from the shoulder joint. Symptoms include shoulder pain and instability. Complications may include a Bankart lesion, Hill-Sachs lesion, rotator cuff tear, or inj ...

. * Frances Ethel Barwell RRC, (1868-1963), Matron 1899- until at least 1928. Barwell trained at

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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, Dev ...

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(1928–1943). *

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, surgeon, author and

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. * Robert Farquharson, Scottish doctor and Liberal politician, who served as the

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, medical doctor and first-class

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er. *

Flora Murray Flora Murray (8 May 1869 – 28 July 1923)Flora Murray
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, Scottish medical pioneer, and a member of the

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Belgrave Hospital for Children, front detail

Dan Leno

On 20 October 1904, the

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star

Dan Leno George Wild Galvin (20 December 1860 – 31 October 1904), better known by the stage name Dan Leno, was a leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era. He was best known, aside from his music hall a ...

donated £625 to the hospital after his last show. He died 11 days later.

References

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History

Notable staff

Dan Leno

See also

References