Passmore Edwards District Cottage Hospital, Tilbury, Essex, also known as Tilbury and Grays District Cottage Hospital was a hospital in Tilbury, Essex.
Passmore Edwards District Cottage Hospital, Tilbury, Essex, also known as Tilbury and Grays District Cottage Hospital was a hospital in Tilbury, Essex.
The hospital was one of several cottage hospitals funded by John Passmore Edwards, a wealthy philanthropist, journalist, newspaper owner and Member of Parliament. In 1894 Tilbury had a population of 14,000, a busy dock, but no hospital. [1] Passmore Edwards agreed to contribute £2000 towards the construction of a cottage hospital. [1] He was asked to lay the foundation stone in October 1895, [2] the hospital opened in 1896, and was enlarged in 1900-1901. [3] The hospital Chairman was Sidney Holland [4] who had just joined the management committee of The London Hospital, in Whitechapel, and was also Chairman of Poplar Hospital. [5] [6] [7] The hospital closed in 1969 and hospital provision was taken over by Orsett Hospital, now Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. [8]
The first two matrons both trained at The London Hospital under Matron Eva Luckes. [9]
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