Adam, Pingback: Brooksby House, Largs. keep me updated. Above the entrance a typical Adam style fanlighted tripartite window was set within a pediment carried on coupled columns. By the mid-nineteenth century there were other institutions near by. My grandmother was born in Maryhill in 1906. Duke Street Hospital originally opened as the Eastern District Hospital in 1904. The hospital was extended in 1903-4 and again in the early 1930s with two additional ward pavilions. It also added he always kept a low out of the public spotlight profile when he contributed to the causes he believed in. Officially opened on 8 September 1938, these buildings were specially designed to provide accommodation for the elderly, including married couples, which was an innovation long resisted by the Local Government Board in its poorhouses. Death 26 Oct 1938 - Rottenrow Maternity Hospital, Glasgow. NS5965: Rottenrow Maternity Hospital. These plans were unveiled in 1964 and included a unit attached to the Victoria Infirmary. ], GLASGOW EAR, NOSE & THROAT HOSPITALThis began as a dispensary for treating diseases of the ear which opened in 1872 (see below). It was staffed entirely by women until 1955. The bold galleried top floor derives from J. J. Burnet. The last patients were decanted by March 2000 and the hospital was then closed. Usual residence followed by the address. All the buildings on the site have now been demolished. Back when Rottenrow Maternity Hospital stood at the top of Montrose Street, many a nurse told of their struggle to reach the top of the hill to start their shift - worse yet a couple of readers who were pregnant at the time recall trying to tackle the incline while carrying another tiny human. [. In the 19th century, the area was heavily mined for coal and ironstone, and for a time there were nine different pit shafts between there and nearby Cloberhill. Routing to ward floors was indicated by coloured bands on the stairs. The scheme constituted a departure from the former system of the combined poorhouse which catered for all categories of the poor, including lunatics and the physically sick. To two of the pavilions, further wards were appended, with just four beds each, in order to be able to admit more than just fever cases. Barshaw Hospital or Thorn/Thornhill Hospital at Johnstone are possible. Completely new buildings were erected on the Rottenrow site in 1880/81 and a substantial extension added in 1908. The Nursing home in Merrylaand trees was St Francis . Patients were evacuated to Oakbank Hospital in January 1966. Since then the site has been cleared and redeveloped with housing the old workers cottages have also been replaced. The first hospital opened at No.5 Lynedock Crescent in May 1914. As at Ruchill, the site is dominated by a giant watertower, built mainly in brick. As at Birdston, the treatment of the administration block is domestic in character but of no great distinction. redlands maternity hospital, glasgow. The new building replaced five private nursing homes which the Order had run since 1948, when it first settled at Langside. The Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital was founded in 1834 in Greyfriars Wynd as the Glasgow Lying-In Hospital and Dispensary. In 1892 Dr D. J. Mackintosh was appointed Medical Superintendent. In 1905 it became the Glasgow Ear Nose and Throat Hospital. Work began in April 1968. There is a photograph of them in the book, Old Anniesland to Knightswood by Sandra Malcolm. It opened in March 1906. (1914 - 1960) Address. King Edward mother and baby unit. Lt. .as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corp. Later that year after a two month stay in Glasgow my grandparents and their sons returned home to Canada on a Donaldson ship to Montreal and by train home. This type of plan was peculiarly adapted to the purposes of a lunatic asylum at this date, when supervision and security were at least as important as the comfort and possible cure of the patients. In 1960 it was decided to convert it into a geriatric unit. It moved from Greyfriars Wynd to St Andrew's Square in 1841 and then in 1860 to the Rottenrow. The post-war additions have been demolished. The house was built in 1900-1 to designs byAlexander Cullen. Yes please! A new out-patients department was opened in 1955 and during the 1960s and 1970s considerable sums were spent on up-grading facilities and equipment. Im trying to check the hospital of my great grandfathers death in 1947. In 1908 nineteen acres of land were purchased at Yorkhill including the mansion house which was demolished to make way for the new hospital. A Southern Infirmary was first proposed in 1878 but ten years elapsed before work began on the new hospital. The extended hospital was officially opened on 4 March 1887 with 390 beds. The site, on which the old Langside Cottage formerly stood, had belonged to the infirmary since 1912 and had been used as the house for the medical superintendent. and consists of two blocks linked with a corridor rising to six storeys. The new main building byKeppie, Henderson & Partnerswas built from 196574. It provided 43 beds for general surgery and a further seven beds for gynaecology cases. The hospital was partially opened in January 1964, the opening ceremony taking place on 23 September by the Queen Mother. Despite much protest, the hospital closed in 1998. [2] The name is a common one in British towns and cities and literally means "rat row" (from Middle English ratton raw), suggesting a tumbledown row of houses infested with rats. Phase one of the National Health Service rebuilding of the Infirmary at the northern edge of the site was designed by Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson, 197182. We encourage you to research and examine these records to determine their accuracy. In 1914 plans were made for another 80 bed pavilion but the declaration of War postponed any further action. Brian. In the Report of the Official Inspection by the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council the different buildings and their functions were described. Login Register Login with Facebook. The hospital building which stood at the crest of North Portland Street, on the corner of Rottenrow, was built after poisonous gas from sewers began seeping into the old building. These buildings had a bed complement of 108 beds and contained a large lecture theatre and operating theatre for clinical teaching purposes. The plan itself had an octagonal tower at its hub within which were the apartments of the superintendent and other ancillary offices. In 1902 the Glasgow Womens Private Hospital was established to provide hospital treatment for women by women doctors. The hospital expanded substantially on its tight site, losing in the process any overall cohesion. In 1936 the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology was established and in 1938 the Gardiner Institute of Medicine, continuing the Church Street frontage in a sparing, but welldetailed fashion. Opened in 1860 to replace an older maternity hospital in St Andrew's Square, it continued to function until 2001, when it was superseded by the Princess Royal building at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. By 1943 it consisted of four villas linked together and had 29 beds. Grateful for your consideration. Financial constraints prevented any further expansion until after the formation of the NHS. In 1959 a new twostorey extension, Henderson House was opened on 11 December, which provided 80 beds and relieved some of the overcrowding at the hospital. [Sources:The Builder, 7 Sept. 1928, p.372, p.3826 (ill.);Quarterly of the RIAS, 39, p.15. With regard to the map showing Knightswood Hospital, and the comment about the rows of cottages to the North, these were the Knightswood Rows. [3], The original premises of the University of Glasgow were situated in the Rottenrow, in a building known as the "Auld Pedagogy". The new purposebuilt hospital was designed by the Glasgow architectsMacWhannel and Rogersonin 1895. [SourcesNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archives], ROYAL BEATSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, HILL STREET This specialist hospital was founded as the Glasgow Cancer Hospital, as a result of the efforts of Dr Hugh Murray. We were protestants so sure they didnt only I was born at 8 Matilda Road Glasgow in 1946 but cannot find anything about this address other than current information that it is in Pollokshields, any information would be grateful? The work was carried out by. To the north, the twostorey hospital block has a single short square tower at the centre with pavilion roof, a treatment repeated on the sanitary towers at the corners. It was the first Cancer Hospital in Scotland. However, the ensuing delays meant that by the time the work was completed it was no longer at the forefront of hospital design. I read in a local Facebook page that there was an auxillary hospital , could it have been there. In 1912 it was taken over by Glasgow Corporation and between the wars it was greatly extended. A separate hospital block was provided which later became the nucleus for Foresthall Hospital. My grandmothers nephew was reportedly put in an institution somewhere around 1939 or later, after his mother had passed away. It isnt Canniesburn. Illventilated with just one window the wards mostly held twelve beds. As Woodilee marked the new developments of the 1870s so Gartloch marks the next stage in asylum design. The front block had a tall, nine-bay, three-storey centrepiece with lower three-storey wings flanking it and four-storey pavilions at the ends. The first part of the new hospital was occupied by the commissioning team in June 1972 and the first patient transferred from the orthopaedic wards at Killearn Hospital in December that year. The QMH began functioning in January 1964, although not complete, and was officially opened by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, on Sept 23 1964. I was born in Merryland Street 44 ,Glasgow.in 1945. [Sources:RCAHMS, National Monuments Record of Scotland, drawings collection; The Hospital,Jan. 1960 p.66.]. [For a historic photograph of the hospital and further details of its history see the Historic Hospital Admission Records Project HHARP web page]. Her great efforts led to the introduction of self-administered anaesthetic machines into many hospitals across the country. From Yachting Residence to Seaside Convalescent Home. . designed the building fronting Renfrew Street 19267 and it is one of Glasgows most distinguished buildings of this period. If you were able to email me a photo of the handwriting Id be happy to see if it looks familiar. In 1948 the hospital was placed under the Board of Management for Glasgow Maternity and Women's Hospitals. I would like any recommendations on how we can find out my father-in-law's birth identity and parents. It was a converted POW camp and was in low-rise huts. June. Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, was the wife of Stanley Baldwin, the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1935-1937. Stobhill Hospital (see below) was intended for children and the infirm, the Western and Eastern District hospitals for acute cases. Financial constraints prevented any further expansion until after the formation of the NHS. . The plans were prepared under the direction of A. A new building was constructed behind the original villas, probably in the 1980s, and the original villas have been restored to domestic use, perhaps rather heavy-handedly, but retaining some fine stonework and decorative timber barge boards on the faades. The official opening took place on 4 January 1886 and the hospital provided just three beds. Before 1914 a new laundry and laboratory accommodation were built. [4], Townhead was once a densely populated residential area, but in 1962 the Glasgow Corporation earmarked it for redevelopment as part of its policy of slum clearance. DUKE STREET HOSPITAL (largely demolished) Duke Street Hospital originally opened as the Eastern District Hospital in 1904. The accommodation of the hospital was greatly extended when the TB hospital was built to the rear. The Rottenrow building proved to be the hospital's definitive location and gave rise to its affectionate . R. Rottenrow . ]. Thought you might have mentioned that the Royal Beatson Memorial hospital was the school of radiography for many years after the separate schools at the Western and the Royal merged. This was created by the General Board of Lunacy in 1888. Another family member said that my great Grans brother had a lovely boat and was a marine engineer. This innovative feature allowed for the treatment of patients from the asylum section whilst suffering from additional sickness and provided small isolation wards for infectious diseases. Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, or to many Glaswegians - The Rottenrow - was founded in 1834 and demolished in 2001. Ann Simpson. The letter I am sending you is 4 pages. The plan, which combined single rooms with wide corridors serving as day rooms with small wards, became the standard plan for subsequent asylums and was adopted by the Board of Lunacy for the early District Asylums. the hospital was built in 18757. GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL, GREAT WESTERN ROAD Built to replaceWilliam Starksasylum which had been steadily expanding since its construction in 1810. ),Hospitals and Charities Year Book, 1925.]. UK Gartcosh. The hospital closed in 2010, replaced by the redeveloped Southern General Hospital. The maternity unit was enlarged during the 1940s. The Hospital section has a twostorey, Uplan block containing its administrative centre, across the green from the asylum section. A new patients recreation hall was added in 1972 and a day hospital in 1977. The first part of the new hospital was occupied by the commissioning team in June 1972 and the first patient transferred from the orthopaedic wards at Killearn Hospital in December that year. By 1882 the first five brick pavilions had been built and Belvidere house was being used as the residence of the Medical Superintendent. The centre bay was flanked by three bays and the front was terminated by projecting broad bays which repeated the window on the pianonobile. Hopefully will manage to find out in the course of doing our family tree. Built on the site of the old Lightburn Infectious Diseases Hospital (see below), which closed on 14 March 1964. The new site was acquired in October 1926 and the buildings completed and occupied by November 1931. Most of the accommodation should consist of rooms for private occupation by single people, with possibly one or more dormitories containing not more than four or five beds for inmates who prefer them or for whom they are adjudged more suitable. The site was acquired in 1919 though delays, due to prohibitive costs, lead to the project only beginning in 1925. There has been some debate as to whether the Towns Hospital in Glasgow was not the first purposebuilt hospital in Scotland, but a careful reading of the minutes for that institution reveal that it was, from the first, considered to be a workhouse, albeit with some medical attendance. Supervision was obviously a key feature of the plan. If Id known then, in the early 80s, that many of these wonderful places were going to be demolished and / or redeveloped, Id have taken MANY more photos of the places where I worked and the people I worked with. Minutes HB 45/1. RUCHILL HOSPITAL Ruchill Hospital for infectious diseases was designed byA. The site was acquired in 1919 though delays, due to prohibitive costs, lead to the project only beginning in 1925. RM J026WP - Only remains of Rottenrow Glasgow Maternity Hospital, infants entrance, where fathers saw new born babies for the first time, Glasgow, Scotland . It stands on the site of the former Rottenrow maternity hospital which is now owned by University of Strathclyde. The foundation stone was laid on 8 November 1892. Hi Karen Its conscious domestic character was very unusual and an early example of such deliberate use of psychology in hospital design. Appraisal InformationAppraised according to standard procedures. Four of the blocks provided 20 beds the rest 30 beds. [Sources: The Builder, 30 Jan. 1892, p.74: D. Dow and S. D. Slater (eds. The cost was reduced in subsequent plans but the end result did not lack the flair that one would expect from the architect. The site was then transferred to the Board of Management for Glasgow Royal Infirmary and plans prepared by. Sadly my Great Grampa had died of TB just after he was born . , the Glasgow City Architect, was employed by the Town Council from 1870 at the Belvidere Hospital. I know i was born in one of these hospitals and was treated in the other as a baby. The hospital had beautiful buildings and I think the main administrative block and docotro and nurse residence is still standing though abandoned and derelict. The detached block to the south was the admission block, containing four suites of baths, with undressing and dressing rooms, fumigating chamber, clothing store, laundry and wash-house. Could have been he wanted the best for her as there was a good doctor there at that time. It was put up for sale in 2015 as a residential development site and was demolished in 2017. BAIRDSTREET AUXILIARY HOSPITAL (demolished)Glasgow Corporation built an infectious diseases Reception House on a part of the site of the former fever hospital (Kennedy Street Hospital, see separate entry, also known as the Parliamentary Road Hospital). She was taken Rottenrow Maternity Hospital, her records showing she had been sedated. It moved to St Andrews Square in 1841 and in 1860 to the Rottenrow: it has been nicknamed The Rottenrow ever since. Does anyone know if 200 St Georges Road, Glasgow was ever registered as a nursing/maternity home? Oxygen was piped to sockets on each ward. Glasgow Maternity or Lying-In Hospital and Dispensary (1865 - 1873) When the Glasgow Eye Infirmary was destroyed by fire in January 1971 the allocation of beds at Gartnavel was revised. They surveyed a random selection of 400 births out of 1031 at . It was designed byBoissevain and Osmondand consists of two blocks linked with a corridor rising to six storeys. It moved in 1890 to Kingston House in Tradeston, where there was room for ten beds. The wide entrance with its heavy canopy and sweep of the retaining railings is a distinctive feature. It is a beautiful building with a verandah to the front and the ward had opening doors which enabled patients to access this. Sally Rae. My father was the next youngest to Pearl, then my grandparents had a baby born on the ship. Harriet, Thanks for your reply. It was begun in 1893 to designs byMalcolm Stark. SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL, GOVANThe Southern General Hospital was originally built as the new Govan Poorhouse to replace the old premises in disused cavalry barracks in Eglinton Street. Records of Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland HB 45. Robert Adams first designs for the infirmary were rejected as being too expensive at a cost of 8,725. Any idea what the name or location might have bee? In the 1930s attempts were made to raise funds to build a new purposebuilt hospital and a new site purchased in Julian Avenue but the money collected was insufficient. Did you need to be catholic to use St Francis, though l would imagine you would have to be. Loved revisiting a lot of the hospitals I trained in which are no longer there, thank you. Credits: THIS FILM IS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES, HOSPITALS, CLINICS and MEDICAL SCHOOLS, ON HIRE OR PURCHASE apply THE SECRETARY "MOVEMENT THERAPY FILMS" 299 WEST GEORGE STR., GLASGOW C2. This treatment was abandoned for the administration block, which also contained the nurses home, recreation hall and senior staff residences. [Sources:Architects Journal,3 March 1938:Glasgow Herald, 7 January 1938. It was still in operation at the turn of the century by which time it provided fortytwo beds. GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY (Former, demolished)It was not until the end of the eighteenth century that Glasgow established a rival infirmary to Edinburgh. It opened in 1938 and was largely of two storeys. The basement contained the heating chamber, coal house and stores; the ground floor had separate dining rooms and day rooms for male and female patients, kitchens and staff accommodation. There is a 100 year closure period on records of minors. Id love to know the name of the hospital and the address if someone could help please. A new out-patients department was opened in 1955 and during the 1960s and 1970s considerable sums were spent on up-grading facilities and equipment. Hope this might put you on the right track. The new purposebuilt hospital was designed by the Glasgow architects, in 1895. No progress had been made three years later when there was a serious fire at the site in the summer of 2015. In 1933 plans were commissioned for a 350bed hospital on the Cowglen site. Her death certificate states date and time of death at Eastern District Hospital Glasgow and has the following written underneath: The Glasgow Lying-In Hospital and Dispensary was founded in 1834 in Greyfriars Wynd. If you require a copy of restricted records you can order a certificate. At the same time work was commenced on additional accommodation for maids. His brother who was born a year later was born in Dumbarton. I know you are busy, so if after scanning the letter, you can tell me where to start researching it, that would be appreciated. The main hospital has since closed from before 1980s but it specialised in TB patients. #nancygriffonfund. The Eye Infirmary purchased the first of these houses in 1928, when it acquired No.4 as a new outpatients department and nurses home. In 1909 the first phase of Millers scheme was opened with the completion of the surgical block to the north. Rottenrow also became internationally renowned as a leading training centre in midwifery. That building was . Scanned copies of the pages are made available here in portable document format (each file is less than 180Kb). In 1929 a house was provided for the Medical Superintendent and a new observation ward was opened in 1930. About Places Records Transcribe Contact. In October 1947 the Dental School became affiliated to the University and the Hospital was transferred to the National Health Service in 1948. By the mid-nineteenth century there were other institutions near by. In 1892 Glasgow Corporation obtained power to purchase the lands of Ruchill for the joint purpose of laying out a public park and building the hospital. Initially it was used as a military hospital, but on its return to the local authority became the main TB sanatorium for Glasgow. Glasgow Lying-In Hospital and Dispensary (1834 - 1865) The gabled end bays of this block, with mullioned and transomed bay windows, also have carved panels above the windows and stone gableheads formed as aedicules. A stair gave access out into the airing court which was for exercise in fair weather. The Franciscan Sisters Minoress founded in London in the 1880s had established a convent in Merryland Street in 1946, and presumably took over the maternity home when it was forced to close. The first patient was admitted into the new hospital in the autumn of 1978 and the hospital was officially opened by Princess Alexandra on 18 May 1979. The poorhouse rapidly expanded. [Sources:Buildings of Scotland, Glasgow, 1990, p.330. Ruchill was an infectious disease Hospital, you were likely there with whooping cough and pneumonia. The hospital was designed to accommodate four hundred and twenty patients but the total capacity was raised to six hundred by 1847. GLASGOW ROYAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL, ROTTENROW The hospital has its origins in the Glasgow Lyingin Hospital and Dispensary founded in 1834 in the Old Grammar School in Greyfriars Wynd. The site was selected for its accessibility from numerous districts occupied by an expanding working class. See also Qaranc.co.uk]. You will be lead to a page where you can choose from various types of registration for the name you entered. The blue book had appendices showing the registration districts for the cities. It was designed in a picturesque neoNorman style with castellated and battered walls, and an imposing . . In 1926 he and his brother presented the 22acre site of Canniesburn to the Infirmary. Family legend has it that my Great Grandfather paid for a complete hospital in Glasgow, Scotland during the earlier days of World War I. I am in failing health and would like to know if that fact is true and anything else you have the time to tell me. The lodge is all that now remains of the hospital designed by, It closed in 1964 and was demolished to make way for a new Geriatric Hospital (see above). A clinical laboratory was opened in 1926 and a new nurses home in 1928. The last scheduled birth at Rottenrow was at 4.13am on Thursday. In 2001, Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital moved to the Princess Royal Maternity Unit building within Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Hotjar helps us to understand and improve our users behaviour by visually representing their clicks, taps and scrolling. In 1899 a small additional pavilion was in the course of erection for the isolation of special cases, together with operating rooms and Xray equipment. When it was inspected during the Second World War as part of the Scottish Hospitals Survey, it was found to be providing a useful service there being a general shortage of maternity beds in Glasgow and it was anticipated that it would be needed for some years to come. In 1915 it moved to No.11, Lynedoch Place. RUTHERGLEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL First projected in the 1960s, it was originally planned to build a maternity unit at the Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women but this was abandoned after the site was surveyed and problems of subsidence discovered. Barnhill or Barony Parish Poorhouse first opened in 1853. [Sources: The Builder, 25 May 1895, p.398: D. Dow,The Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women, Glasgow, 1986 (centenary booklet):Glasgow Herald, 8 Sept. https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/property/dunclutha-estate Outline plans were drawn up by. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia How can we still use a Fetal Cell Line from the 1960's to make vaccines today - Short video with Dr Stanley Plotkin . Do you know anything about the Sanitary Reception House in 339 South York (Moffat) Street in the Gorbals? The site is due to completely close mid-2019. The site remained in the hands of the British Army as a military hospital until the early 1960s. Alongside Rottenrow (a street name that dates to the medieval period), the facade of the Royal Maternity Hospital has been preserved. It incorporated a gynaecology department, operating theatre with accommodation for 60 students, a 90 seat lecture theatre and 108 obstetric beds. This comprised single rooms to one side of the wing accessed from a broad corridor which was to double as a day room. KENNEDY STREET FEVER HOSPITAL(demolished)A temporary fever hospital built and opened in 1865 comprising timber hutted ward blocks. Accrington . The massiveness of the Baronial High Street elevation is partially relieved by the domed drum towers with baroque cupolas and the open loggias linking the central block to its lower flanking ranges. Redlands Hospital closed in 1978. The History Girls take a look at Rottenrow Hospital's past and discover how this establishment pioneered in ultrasound technology. Hi I found this Duke Street was latterly used for Rheumatic disease. Conditions Governing AccessBecause of the sensitive nature of much of the information contained in these records there is a 75 year closure period on all patient records. The name is hard to read but it is located in Bearsden. "The baby was the first born on Christmas Day . When a doctor at Glasgow's Rottenrow Maternity Hospital, helped by the discoveries of two other 19th Century Scottish medical pioneers, undertook surgery to successfully deliver the baby of a young sewing machinist, they changed the course of obstetrics. Two picturesque lodges flank the entrance, which formerly also had an ornate archway. The plans for Gartnavel were drawn up byKeppie, Henderson & Partnersin association with the regional ArchitectT. D. W. Astorga, and provided for a hospital of 576 beds in an eight storey ward block on a threestorey podium. B. McDonald, the City Architect. The title Glasgow Royal Maternity and Women's Hospital was granted in 1914 and the present shorter version adopted in 1960. In 1960 work began on a new wing for operating theatres and an x ray department, it was completed in 1965 and in the same year, during work on one of the surgical wards, it was found that the entire Burnet building was structurally unsound and would need to be demolished. The hospital had 114 maternity beds and 34 neonatal paediatric cots. RM T549P1 - The University of Strathclyde Richmont Street Glasgow Scotland UK with the James Weir building in Montrose Street behind Rottenrow Gardens. When did the Rottenrow hospital close? 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