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Hospital

Jessop Hospital for Women

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Important information

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Details

Address
Leavygreave Road, Sheffield, S3 7RE
Previous Locations
Figtree Lane, Sheffield 1864 - 1878
Current Trust
Central Sheffield University Hospital Trust (since 1996)
Foundation Year
1864
Status
Closed (since 2001)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Provinces
Management Committee (1948-1974)
United Sheffield
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Trent
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Trent
District Authority (1974-1982)
Central (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Sheffield
Pre-1974 County
Yorkshire
Post-1974 County
Yorkshire
Post-1996 County
Sheffield

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Women
Post-1948
Maternity
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Women.

Other information

Sheffield Hospital for Women opened with 6 beds in a leased house in Figtree Lane on 29 June 1864, where it remained until 1878. Its objectives were to attend cases of midwifery and the diseases peculiar to women. Accommodation soon proved inadequate and the institution was renamed the Jessop Hospital for Women when a new building on Learygreave Road was opened on 30 July 1879. By 2001 the hospital will have moved from its present location to a new building attached to the Hallamshire Hospital. Associated Hospitals: Jessop (Firth) Auxiliary Hospital - From 1927, an auxiliary hospital for 45 patients.

Record locations

  • Jessop Hospital for Women

    Record types

    Administrative
    1863 - 1949
    Nursing
    1910 - 1910
    Clinical
    1910 - 1910
    Private Papers
    1910 - 1910
    Pupil Nurse Sandford's case notebook of maternity cases, 1910 (2004/81)

  • Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit

    Record types

    Clinical
    1908 - 1935

  • Sheffield Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1836 - 1990
    General
    1863 - 1990
    Finance
    1915 - 1936
    Estates
    1896 - 1966
    Nursing
    1885 - 1978
    Staff
    1917 - 1962
    Admission
    1947 - 1978
    Clinical
    1886 - 1940

    Finding aids

    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    NHS 12 (Being compiled)
    Operations registers 1947 - 1990
    Gynaecology department, out patients registers 1886 - 1934
    Maternity Department Registers 1879 - 1963
    1999/058