The original caption may contain language which is historic and which may no longer be considered appropriate. It has been retained in the record in the interest of historical accuracy.
The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: “Hope Hospital, Salford. Picture shows the Sister Tutor, Sister F. E. Knowles, giving a class of nurses who are taking the Preliminary State Examination in February a demonstration in the ward on the B.L.B. oxygen mask.”
The Salford Union Infirmary opened in 1879 on the site of an isolation hospital, built in response to overcrowding in other hospitals. The infirmary became Hope Hospital in 1882, and housed the chronic sick, providing accommodation for 880 patients. A home for the elderly and a large extension, completed in 1931, were built to ease overcrowding in the hospital. The development of specialisms followed, and in 1940 the total number of beds was over 1,250. Probationer nurses aged over 18 years would undertake three years of training, after which they were able to begin training for Part I of the Central Midwives’ Board Examination. The second part of this training could be completed at the Royal District Nurses’ Home in Salford. Much of Hope Hospital was destroyed during the Second World War; it merged with Salford Royal Hospital in 1994 and is now the main site of the Salford Royal Hospital NHS Trust. See also MED01/01/1353-1357 and MED01/01/1359-1365. High-resolution copies of this image are available for free for non-commercial use. Please Enquire to place an order.
This is part of the Series: MED01/01 Series of prints; within the Collection: MED01 Topical Press Agency Medical Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Topical Press Agency Limited
Photographer: Harrison, Norman Kingsley
Hospital, Education, People At Work, Women's History, Health And Welfare
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