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Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 13 Apr 2006 15:38

My ancestor Louisa Mary Knight was on the 1881 census, at the age of 14, a patient in the Smallpox hospital in New Cross, Dartford. Does anybody know where hospital records would be held and if they are likely to hold anything about Louisa?

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 13 Apr 2006 15:55

Dartford or Deptford? if it's this one http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MAB-SEFever/MAB-SEFever.shtml then there's a link to London Metropolitan archives at the bottom of the page. Christine

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 13 Apr 2006 15:55

Hi Paul This is the link you need: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/?source=ddmenu_search2 Only one query, though. New Cross, Dartford? I would have thought it was Joyce Green Hospital, or even a floating hospital in the Thames.

Thelma

Thelma Report 13 Apr 2006 16:05

1881 Louisa Knight abt 1867 Inmate Deptford St Paul London

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 13 Apr 2006 16:06

Ah, freudian slip. I meant Deptford of course. I know that New Cross Hospital is still there. Yes, I'd heard about the floating hospitals - a remarkable example of the Victorians' ability to cope with administrative problems on a massive scale.