Grove Hospital

The Grove Hospital, originally the Grove Fever Hospital, was a hospital for infectious diseases opened in Tooting Grove, London.

Grove Hospital
Grove Hospital
Grove Hospital is located in London Borough of Wandsworth
Grove Hospital
Location within Wandsworth
Geography
LocationTooting Grove, London, England
Coordinates51.4256°N 0.1720°W / 51.4256; -0.1720
History
Opened1899
Closed1958
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital was opened as the Grove Fever Hospital in Tooting Grove, London in 1899.[1][2][3] It became the Grove Military Hospital in 1916 before reverting to civilian use as a fever hospital again in 1920.[1] In 1932, Joseph Bramhall Ellison, while working at the hospital, discovered that vitamin A significantly reduces measles mortality in children.[4] It joined the National Health Service as the Grove Hospital in 1948.[1] It became St George's Hospital, Tooting Branch in 1958 and, although two ward blocks remain, most of the premises were demolished in 1973.[1]

Notable staff
  • Alice Ann Browne R.R.C.[5](1866- ) Matron, 1902 - until at least 1925,[6] also Matron of The Grove Military Hospital 1916-1919.[7] Browne trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1895-1897 and had worked at St Pancras Infirmary as Night Sister and Matron at the Union Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne before this appointment.[7] Whilst she was matron of the Fever Hospital Browne was responsible for 537 patients. As a military hospital it enlarged to 1,000 beds.[8]

References
  1. "Grove Hospital". ezitis.myzen.co.uk. Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. "AIM25 collection description". aim25.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  3. "Grove Hospital, Tooting". Workhouses. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  4. Semba, R. D. (2003). "Joseph Bramhall Ellison's discovery that vitamin A reduces measles mortality". Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.). Johns Hopkins University. 19 (4): 390–394. doi:10.1016/s0899-9007(02)01005-5. PMID 12679179. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  5. Alice Ann Browne, 9 April 1919, Register of The Royal Red Cross, 1883–1994; WO145/2, 111; The National Archives, Kew [Available at: www.findmypast.co.uk, accessed on 28 February 2021]
  6. Browne, Alice Ann, Register of Nurses, General Part 1925, 205; The General Nursing Council for England and Wales; The Nursing Registers, 1898–1968 [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 10 June 2018]
  7. 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)
  8. An Interested Visitor (11 August 917). "'The Grove Military Hospital, Tooting Graveney'". Publication: The Nursing Record. 59 (1532): 7–8 – via https://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)


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