| Administrative History | - Elizabeth Holmes, born about 1858, living at Commonside, Holloway with her parents William and Mary Holmes
- Eliza Limb, born about 1830, living at Up Holllow, Holloway
- Widow Fern: not identified
- Little Dukes: not identfied
- Mrs Cottrell: probably Grace Cotterill/Cottrell of Bonsall
- Thomas Allison, aged 68, a widowed gardener's labourer, living with three unmarried daughters in Cromford Road, Holloway
Sources: Civil registration indexes, 1871 and 1881 census |
| Transcript or Index | Lea Hurst
Oct 19/77
My dear Sir
I was very sorry not to see you when you so kindly called yesterday with the Buxton admn. I had the mother of your former Patient, Elizth Holmes, with me.
I conclude that you recommend us to accept "October 31" for Widow Limb's admission to Buxton Hospital.
And I have already sent her up word of it. Possibly however you kindly saw her yourself.
I will write to the Secretary unless I hear from you to the contrary accepting, & asking [crossed through] telling him that the 30/- will be sent by the Patient when she goes. Probably the information you kindly gave him will enable him to draw up & send a Form of Admission.
I ascertained from Mrs Holmes what was the difficulty in her daughter's case. The Secretary having mislaid your Medical certificate, owing to the time which had elapsed betwen its date & that of admission, they would actually have turned the Patient away, had her mother not taken her to the Medical Officer's residence & there obtained a fresh examination & a fresh order from him.
This would be impossible in poor crippled Widow Limb's case
Would you therefore be so very kind as to send a separate Medical Certificate or "Recommendation" by her as the Bearer of it ? addressed, as I understand, to the Medical Officer She complains of feeling so very weak: she has her dinner very other day & pudding the alternate days. (also milk also cocoatine) from here:
is there any thing more we could do?
I conclude that you would have ordered any stimulants from here had you wished it.
Widow Fern ^is very nervous^ & declares her lungs are fatally affected: I believe this is not at all your opinion. Have the two poor little "Dukes" hooping [sic] cough?
I wish she could be cheered up a bit.
Mrs Cottrell seems progressing very well.
Old Thomas Alison says "his head is bad:" I could not learn whether you had kindly seen him again:
Any "orders" you give me are "thankfully received & promptly attended to": (as Wine-men advertise)
Yrs very ffully
F. Nightingale
C.B.N. Dunn Esq. |