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Olroyd, Elizabeth

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-5

Scope and Contents

Pass certificate as Practical Nurse 1910; Pass certificate from Central Midwives Board 1910; letter from Central Midwives Board 1910; certificate of admission to General Nursing Council for England and Wales 1923; blank application form for state registered badge of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales; notes on cancer of the womb by Central Midwives Board 1908; notes on opthalmia neonatorum by Central Midwives Board 1909; Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve medal, stripes and badge; photographs 1917-1938

Dates

  • Creation: 1908-1938

Language of Materials

English.

Conditions Governing Access

None

Biographical / Historical

Trained as a midwife from c1908-1910. She was admitted to the General Nursing Council in 1923. During World War I she served in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and after the War she joined the Ministry of Pensions Hospital Scheme, working at their hospital at Chepstow.

Extent

20 items: papers, objects, photographs

Arrangement

Chronological within record class

Other Finding Aids

Manual item-level descriptive list available

Custodial History

Papers held within family

Immediate Source of Acquisition

M. Spencely, Ware, October 1982

Accruals

No further accessions are expected

Title
Olroyd, Elizabeth
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository

Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
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