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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2546/ZZ
TitleLetters from Florence Nightingale, writing from Lea Hurst, Derbyshire, 10 South Street, Park Lane, London W, and Claydon House, Winslow, Bucks., to Christopher Blencowe Noble Dunn (1836-1892), surgeon, of Crich, Derbyshire, concerning the illnesses, diet, water supplies and medical treatment of her family, household staff and villagers in the Lea and Holloway district
Date1876-1890
DescriptionTopics touched on include:
Alice, HRH Princess, death, 1878;
Army Sanitary Commission, 1879;
Ascot Convalescent Home: see Lee, Harry, 1879;
Bosnian refugee relief;
Charity: abuse and misdirection, 1879, 1880;
Christmas at St Thomas' Hospital, London, 1877;
Doctors, local: (other than Mr Dunn), 1877, 1879, 1887, 1890;
Hospitals and nursing standards: Buxton [Devonshire: Hospital and Bath], 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, London, St Bartholomew's, 1878, London, St George's, 1878, London, St Thomas': see Lee, Harry, 1879, Nottingham The Pendlebury, nd;
Indian famine, deaths, 1879;
Intemperance, 1879, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, nd;
Lea Mill, 1879, 1880; Lea water [?cure], 1879;
Lea Women's Club, 1879, 1880, 1881;
Lee, Harry, sick child, 1877, treatment at home and in St Thomas' Hospital, London, 1878, 1879, and Ascot Convalescent Home, 1880;
Local Government Board, 1879;
Joby, Miss, 1878, 1879;
Prescriptions, out of date: need for legislation, 1879;
Refusal to give nursing testimonials, 1879;
Saving, habits and means, 1879, 1880;
Scarlet Fever, 1879;
Schools, local, 1879, 1880;
Spiritualism, 1879;
Typhoid, 1877, 1879
Village nursing, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881;
Water beds and pillows, 1877, 1879;
Whatstandwell Coffee House, 1880, 1881, 1884, nd;
Whatstandwell Quarry, 1880;
Yeomans, Mr [William, farmer, member of Board of Guardians, steward to Lea Hurst estate, and a vehicle of Miss Nightingale's relief work], 1878, 1880, 1881.
Extent88 items
LevelSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorChristopher Blencowe Noble Dunn of Crich (1836-1892), medical doctor
Florence Nightingale of Lea Hurst, Derbyshire and Embley, Hampshire (1820-1910), nurse and social reformer
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