Drybrook / Hope Mansell Hospital ?? (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, May 01, 2013, 14:00 (4031 days ago) @ cloviscat

The Drybrook "GP" not too far away was :-
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=29931

So the nearest Hospital might have been the Dilke- which was founded about the right time for Annice to have had an impact....

I have an L H BOLTON down as Matron in 1926.

Following the death of the Forest's Member of Parliament Sir Charles Dilke in 1911, fund raising commenced to establish a local community hospital. The need for such a facility within the Forest had long been recognised as, prior to its completion, injured miners or other members of the public were taken to Gloucester Infirmary for hospital treatment, often with fatal results en route.

The Dilke Memorial Hospital was built as a permanent memorial to the popular M.P. on a site near to the old Lightmoor Colliery close to Cinderford.

The hospital first opened its doors in 1923 and was run for many years from funds raised by public subscription paid by local people.

"The Dilke", as it is popularly known, now nestles in the heart of the Forest of Dean, and provides a range of traditional community hospital services to the local communities.

http://www.e-radiography.net/history/dilke_bangara.htm

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If you search the Inquests section Louisa Helen is mention many times as the Matron at the Dilke from about 1924

Name: Louisa H Bolton
Birth Date: abt 1873
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1960
Age at Death: 87
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 342

1901
Louisa H Bolton abt 1873 Handsworth, Lancashire, England Boarder Islington, London Hospital Nurse

1891
Herbert H Bolton abt 1844 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Head Aston, Warwickshire
Jane Bolton abt 1848 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Wife Aston, Warwickshire
Eveline J Bolton abt 1869 Aston, Warwickshire, England Daughter Aston, Warwickshire
Louisa H Bolton abt 1873 Aston, Warwickshire, England Daughter Aston, Warwickshire
Lizzie K Bolton abt 1875 Aston, Warwickshire, England Daughter Aston, Warwickshire
Nellie F Bolton abt 1885 Aston, Warwickshire, England Daughter Aston, Warwickshire
Bertha E Bolton abt 1889 Aston, Warwickshire, England Daughter Aston, Warwickshire
Rowland C Bolton abt 1888 Aston, Warwickshire, England Daughter Aston, Warwickshire

Name: Louisa Helen Bolton
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1873
Registration district: Aston
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 372

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