Nursing and midwifery records

Jenny Lind Hospital for Sick Children, Norwich

Established in Pottergate in 1853, moved to Unthank Road in 1900. It later became part of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.

• Salary receipt book, 1887-91 (NNH 88/17)
• Draft rules for probationers, [1890s] (NNH 90/1)
• Album of photographs of Jenny Lind Hospital, showing the buildings, patients and staff, 1908-1930s (NNH 93/4)
• Testimonials (printed) of Miss Row for post of lady superintendent, 1894 (NNH 93/11)
• Letters of Florence K Pratt, matron, 1906-29 (NNH 93/23)
• Registers of nurses, 1889-1952 (NNH 110/1-3)
• Register of staff, mainly nurses, 1912-52 (NNH 110/4)
• Two letters concerning registration of nurses, 1917-18 (NNH 110/5)
• Volume of photographs showing patients and nurses in the wards and treatment rooms, c1927 (NNH 112/1)

See also Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.

Kelling Sanatorium and Kelling Children's Sanatorium

Now Kelling Hospital, it opened in 1903 for people suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.

• Minutes, annual reports and photograph album, 1903-60 (ACC 1999/219)
• Management committee minute book, 1948-49 (ACC 2009/5)
• Photographs of premises, staff and patients, early 20th century (ACC 2006/340)

See also Cromer Hospital.

Kelling 

See also Bramblewood Sanatorium

King's Lynn

See St James Hospital; West Norfolk and King's Lynn General Hospital.

Little Plumstead Hospital

Opened by Norfolk County Council in 1930.

• Norfolk County Council Mental Deficiency Acts committee minutes, 1913-48 (C/C 10/367-373)
• Mental deficiency house sub-committee minutes, 1938-46 (C/C 10/375)
• Management committee minutes 1966-74 (ACC 2001/1)
• Management sub-committee minutes, 1966-70, 1971-89 (ACC 2001/1)

Lowestoft Hospital, Suffolk

Built in 1881-82 with additions in 1897 and 1924.

• Norwich, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth (group six) hospital management committee minutes, 1948-74 (ACC 2002/264)
• Lowestoft house committee minutes, 1948-56 (ACC 2002/256)
• Staff salaries and wages registers, 1945-49 (ACC 2002/256)

Mundesley Hospital

• Unpaid wages book, 1959-62 (ACC 2000/13)

Norfolk and Norwich Hospital

Founded in 1771 in St Stephen's Road, Norwich, moved to Colney in 2001. It is now the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

• Minutes of meetings of weekly and general board, 1770-1949 (NNH 1/1-43)
• Annual reports (formerly State of the Hospital), 1775-1947 (NNH 15/1-20)
• Norwich [various hospitals], Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth (group six) hospital management committee minutes, 1948-74 (ACC 2002/264)
• Norwich [various hospitals] house committee minutes, 1949-68 (ACC 2002/256)
• Minutes of meetings of medical staff, 1873-1965 (NNH 3/1-11)
• Nursing committee minutes, 1891-1949 (NNH 10/1-4)
• Norwich [various hospitals] house committee nursing sub-committee minute book, 1949-69 (ACC 2002/256)
• Salaries books, 1910-47 (NNH 34/1-25)
• Nurses' training registers, 1900-71 (NNH 114/1-10)
• Nurses' registers of training completed, 1945-68 (NNH 115/1-17)
• Nurses' registers of training not completed, 1945-68 (ACC 1999/47)
• Nurses' training records: lectures given to probationers, 1905-27; attendances at lectures, 1930-56 (ACC 2003/165)
• Nurses' examination records (ACC 2001/183): 
  • Probationers' first year examination results, 1927-52
  • Preliminary training school examination results, 1953-64
  • Nurses' final examination results, 1898-1942
  • State examinations results, 1932-58
  • Preliminary state examination results, 1933-49
  • Examination results and prizes awarded, 1947-64
  • Nurses' previous experience, training and examination results, 1922-48
• Lady superintendent's report book, 1897-1939 (ACC 1999/178)
• Matron's reports to honorary medical staff, 1919-57 (ACC 2005/344)
• Registers of nurses, 1874-1926 (ACC 2000/13)
• Registers of private nurses (who were based at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and attended paying patients in their own homes), 1906-48 (ACC 2000/13)
• Register of pupil housekeepers (who had to be trained nurses), 1920-44 (ACC 2000/13)
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology records (ACC 2002/174) including: 
  • Birth registers of Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 1966-98
  • Operations registers (delivery floor), 1972-86
  • Birth registers and registers of cases of Norwich Maternity Institution (which became City of Norwich Maternity Home, Earlham Hall Maternity Home and finally Drayton Hall Maternity Home), 1915-89
• Norfolk and Norwich Hospital Old Nurses League Journals and other magazines, 1927-2003 (ACC 2004/305)
• Souvenir programme for visit of Queen Mary to open the Queen Alexandra Memorial Nurses Home at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 15 October 1932 (ACC 2007/225)
• Photograph of St Stephen's Street, Norwich, taken on the opening of the Queen Alexandra Memorial Nurses Home at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 1932 (MC 2363/1, PH9)

Norfolk Emergency War Hospital

This was based at St Andrew's Hospital, Thorpe St Andrew.

• Registers of nursing staff, 1941-43, 1943-47 (SAH 342, SAH 499)

North Walsham War Memorial Cottage Hospital

This is now North Walsham Community Hospital. It opened in 1924.

• Management committee minutes, 1927-36 (ACC 2001/47)
• Management committee and house committee minutes, 1936-60 (ACC 2008/65)
• Medical staff committee minutes, 1971-72 (ACC 2007/120)

See also Cromer Hospital.

Northgate Hospital, Great Yarmouth

• Registers of staff (including nurses), 1947-65 (ACC 1997/141)
• Staff payroll sheets, 1962-63 (ACC 2003/88)

Norwich Isolation Hospital, Bowthorpe Road

This opened in 1893.

• Norwich City Council sanitary committee (from 1896 health committee) minutes, 1877-1949 (N/TC 15/1-27)
• Annual reports of Norwich City Medical Officer of Health, 1906-07, 1918-21, 1923-71, include references to Isolation Hospital to 1948 (N/WE 6/1): for a more complete set of MOH reports, 1873-1973, see ACC 2002/281.
• Norwich City Council Health Department registers of infectious diseases, 1914-59 (N/HE 3/1-16)

Norwich Maternity Institution (City of Norwich Maternity Home)

A charitable institution, with premises at 63a Pottergate, taken over by Norwich City Council in 1919. It moved to Heigham Grove House, Earlham Road, in 1928. The building was badly damaged by bombing on 26-27 June 1942 (fortunately there were no casualties) and moved to Earlham Hall. It moved to Drayton Hall in 1950 and closed in April 1989.

• Norwich City Council maternity and child welfare committee, 1918-48 (N/TC 19/1-5)
• Annual reports of Norwich City Medical Officer of Health, 1906-07, 1918-21, 1923-71, include references to this maternity home (N/WE 6/1): for a more complete set of MOH reports, 1873-1973, see ACC 2002/281
• Birth registers and registers of cases, 1915-89 (ACC 2002/174)

Norwich

See also: Bethel Hospital; Hellesdon Hospital; Jenny Lind Hospital; Norfolk and Norwich Hospital; West Norwich Hospital.