Longton Cottage Hospital, Normacot.
Photograph taken from Stone Road (later Lightwood Road) before extensions had been made to the hospital. Longton Cottage Hospital was built in Upper Belgrave Road in 1889-90 on land given by the Duke ...
Longton Cottage Hospital. Photographed by William Blake.
Longton Cottage Hospital. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Lounge, Royal Brine Baths, Stafford,
The brine baths were believed to cure rheumatism, the warm brine improving circulation. Each patient was allotted a private bath and dressing room.
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered ...
Lymewood Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This hospital was built in 1901 for men only, and had 36 beds. It was used in later years as an old people's home. The building used to be situated off Lymewood Road in the town but it has since been ...
Magneto Electric Machine
The Magneto Electric Machine was an early electro-therapeutic device. It was to used to treat 'nervous disorders'. A patient would place their fingers in the metal tubes and an electric current was generated ...
Male hospital attendants' Christmas dinner, Male Staff Dining Rooom, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
By the amount of food on their plates these smartly dressed young men look like they are just about to start eating! Most of them also have their choice of Christmas drink - a pint of beer. This meal ...
Male imbecile ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the male imbecile ward (so called at the time) built in 1894 at Stoke workhouse on Newcastle Road. Workhouses were originally meant to be places where the poor could work in return for ...
Malloy House under construction, Cheddleton
Malloy House under construction at Cheddleton Asylum. The house was originally the home of the superintendent of the hospital, and was designed by Giles, Gough and Trollope, architects of Cheddleton Asylum. ...
Malloy House, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The former home of Dr. Malloy, built in the early 1900s is now (in 2003) a listed building.
Maternity unit information, Burton upon Trent
A note issued to mothers-to-be before they were admitted to the Maternity Unit at Burton-upon-Trent Hospital. This note was received by Mrs Joan Torr shortly before the birth of her son Michael in May ...
Medical Ward, Frobisher Hall , Swynnerton
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just after the 2nd World War. Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled ...
Men's Hospital, Stafford Gaol
The prison infirmary was originally located in rooms above the governor's house, but was later moved to a new building in the prison grounds to help prevent the spreading of infectious diseases.
A ...
Men's Surgical Ward, Stafford General Infirmary
The postcard photograph shows a view of patients in beds, which line the walls of the ward. Nurses and doctors are standing beside the beds.
The postcard's message reads "Will you please come for ...
Men's Surgical Ward, Stafford General Infirmary
A view of patients in beds, which line the walls of the ward which is decorated for Christmas. Nurses and doctors are standing beside the beds.
The foundations of Stafford General Infirmary began ...
Military Hospital Staff, Newcastle Under Lyme
Staff outside the Military Hospital Nurses' Home on Newcastle Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
During the First World War Stoke-upon-Trent Union Workhouse temporarily became a Military Hospital. After ...
Military Hospital Staff, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staff and two small children pictured outside the Military Hospital Nurses' Home on Newcastle Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
During the First World War Stoke-upon-Trent Union Workhouse temporarily became ...
Military Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Block B of the Military Hospital on Newcastle Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme pictured during the First World War. The building has since been demolished.
During the First World War Stoke-upon-Trent Union ...
Military Hospital, Shugborough Park,
The 312th Station Hospital on Shugborough Park was built during 1943 for the use of the United States Army during the Second World War. The thousand bed hospital had over 500 medical officers, medical ...