Editing Leasowe (section)

===Leasowe Hospital===
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Leasowe Hospital or ''The Leasowe Sanatorium For Crippled Children and Hospital for Tuberculosis'', to give its full and original name, later became known as the Liverpool Open-Air Hospital, Leasowe, and finally Leasowe Hospital. [[Margaret Beavan]] (1877–1931) was the driving force of the hospital, admired by all, she was known affectionately as the "Little Mother of Liverpool", also not quite as complimentary, the "Mighty Atom" and "Clever Beggar".

The first mention of a sanatorium for children with tuberculosis occurred on 16 December 1911. Slowly, Leasowe Hospital changed from being principally a children's T.B. hospital to one for dealing with burns and skin grafts, and then arthritis until its closure in 1979. Another name closely associated with Leasowe, amongst others, is that of (the late) Dr T.R. Littler, Consultant Rheumatologist, who was devoted to Leasowe. Leasowe Hospital was eventually bought by the Wirral Christian Centre in 1981; it was used later as a retirement home and handicap centre. After failing to make that facility work, the buildings were eventually repossessed then later demolished around 2002–03. Luxury flats and houses have since been built on the site.

==== Notable staff at Leasowe Hospital ====
* Edith Marie Tucker (1876-unknown), Matron of the new hospital building from 1915 to 1919.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=26 April 1919 |title=Children's Hospital, Leasowe |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=5 |issue=730 |pages=392}}</ref> Tucker trained at The London Hospital under Matron [[Eva Luckes]] between 1904 and 1906.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Edith Marie Tucker, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/10, 118; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London

</ref>  After her training Tucker remained at the London as a staff nurse, then gained promotion to sister working as holiday sister, night sister, in Outpatients department and in Matron's Office<ref>Edith Marie Tucker, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/2, 134; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref> until she was seconded to head a party of London Hospital nurses to the Balkan Wars between 1912 and 1913.<ref>Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, No. 20, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No. 20, April 1913, 19–25; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.</ref><ref>Matron's Report, 4 November 1912, House Committee Minutes, 1912–1914; RLHLH/A/5/53, 31; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.</ref><ref name=":0" />
* Charlotte Hughes (1883–1961), Matron 1919- 1943.<ref name=":0">Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=3 May 1919 |title=Appointments |journal=[[The British Journal of Nursing]] |volume=62 |pages=300 |via=RCN}}</ref><ref>Hughes, Charlotte, RG101/3971e; 1939 England and Wales Register for Hospital for Children, Wallasey; The National Archives, Kew [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 20 October 2018]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=17 April 1943 |title=Retirement |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=38 |issue=1981 |via=RCN}}</ref> Hughes also trained at [[Royal London Hospital|The London Hospital]] between 1906 and 1908.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Charlotte Hughes, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/13, 19; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
</ref> After her training Hughes remained at The London working in various departments including the Private Nursing Institute, as a ward staff nurse, and pupil (student) [[Midwife]], before being promoted to holiday sister, then ward sister.<ref>Charlotte Hughes, Private Nursing Institution Register, January – November 1908; RLHLH/N/5/15, 76–77; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref><ref>Charlotte Hughes, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/2, 363; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref> Hughes was in charge of both the TB hospital and adjacent Liverpool Babies Hospital, comprising over 300 beds.<ref name=":1" /> In 1927, Hughes wrote an article about Orthopaedic Nursing.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Feb 5, 1927 |title=Orthopaedic Nursing |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=23 |issue=1136 |pages=134–135 |via=RCN}}</ref> Whilst she was Matron at Leasowe, one of Hughes's ward sister's married, and Hughes 'gave the bride away.'<ref>{{Cite journal |date=20 September 1930 |title=A Real Hospital Wedding |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=26 |issue=1325 |pages=1125 |via=RCN}}</ref> Probationer nurses trained for two years at Leasowe in the nursing care of children with Surgical [[Tuberculosis]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=21 June 1930 |title=Leasowe Orthopaedic Hospital |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=26 |issue=1312 |pages=769}}</ref>