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Putney Hospital
Putney Hospital was a public hospital in the London Borough of Wandsworth, west of Putney town centre.
The hospital site had an area of 1.23 hectares and in the late 19th century was occupied by two detached houses, The Elms and West Lodge, the second of which was where comic writer Douglas William Jerrold lived from 1844 to 1852: his name is lent to an existing residential building, Jerrold Lodge, nearby on Commondale.
In 1900 Mr Henry Chester left £75,000 in his will for a general hospital in the parish, Sir William Lancaster (co-founder of Putney School of Art and Design) purchased the two houses and donated land for a new hospital and after negotiation on the capacity of the proposed building it opened with 53 beds on 1 July 1912.
The building was extended from 1926 to increase capacity to 75 beds; Princess Arthur of Connaught opened the new wings on 30 April 1934, and nurses' accommodation was also built.
During the Second World War the nurses' home was struck by a V-1 flying bomb on 14 August 1944, the London County Council Bomb Damage Map (1945) shows the buildings were damaged and 'doubtful if repairable', but thankfully no-one was injured.
The Hospital joined the National Health Service on its founding in 1948, under the Battersea and Putney Group Hospital Management Committee, part of the South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
The Mackenzie Morris Ward, named after a popular matron of the Putney Hospital and the Sydney Turner Ward, opened in 1961 and 1962, along with a Casualty and Outpatients departments, there were plans to develop the hospital further but these were later abandoned.
After the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 the hospital was transferred to the Roehampton District Health Authority in 1974, part of the South West Thames Regional Health Authority.
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Putney Hospital
Putney Hospital was a public hospital in the London Borough of Wandsworth, west of Putney town centre.
The hospital site had an area of 1.23 hectares and in the late 19th century was occupied by two detached houses, The Elms and West Lodge, the second of which was where comic writer Douglas William Jerrold lived from 1844 to 1852: his name is lent to an existing residential building, Jerrold Lodge, nearby on Commondale.
In 1900 Mr Henry Chester left £75,000 in his will for a general hospital in the parish, Sir William Lancaster (co-founder of Putney School of Art and Design) purchased the two houses and donated land for a new hospital and after negotiation on the capacity of the proposed building it opened with 53 beds on 1 July 1912.
The building was extended from 1926 to increase capacity to 75 beds; Princess Arthur of Connaught opened the new wings on 30 April 1934, and nurses' accommodation was also built.
During the Second World War the nurses' home was struck by a V-1 flying bomb on 14 August 1944, the London County Council Bomb Damage Map (1945) shows the buildings were damaged and 'doubtful if repairable', but thankfully no-one was injured.
The Hospital joined the National Health Service on its founding in 1948, under the Battersea and Putney Group Hospital Management Committee, part of the South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
The Mackenzie Morris Ward, named after a popular matron of the Putney Hospital and the Sydney Turner Ward, opened in 1961 and 1962, along with a Casualty and Outpatients departments, there were plans to develop the hospital further but these were later abandoned.
After the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 the hospital was transferred to the Roehampton District Health Authority in 1974, part of the South West Thames Regional Health Authority.