Mayfield, Pine Street, Jarrow
10th Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital
Type: Hospital
The following information comes from records held at the archives at the Museum of the Order of St John, and is used with their kind permission. Reference OSJ/1/1/12/9:
VAD Hospital, Mayfield, Jarrow-on-Tyne
September 15th 1917
Commandant: Miss Scott
Hospital: This is a house which has been lent by Messrs Palmer’s Shipbuilding [for]a hospital
Beds: 35 beds in
5 wards
Trained staff: 1 Sister-in-Charge
Massage: The massage in this hospital is not done by a trained Masseuse.
VADs: 26 work in shifts, all live out
Paid help: 1 Cook
1 Charwomen
Remarks: This little convalescent home is in good order. There is every convenience, and a good garden. The patients and staff are well cared for.
Signed: SA Swift
1) Number of beds: 17
Whether for officers only:
Whether for officers and rank & file: yes
Stating numbers of each: officers 6, men 11
Whether for rank & file alone: –
2) Staff provided
Number of medical men available: two
Number of nurses fully trained: none
3) Whether full provision of
a) beds: yes
b) hospital stores and drugs: yes
c) food: yes
4) Are you prepared to undertake the whole cost of maintenance, including pay of entire staff, if so, for how long? no
If not, state definitely what financial aid is required: 2/- to 3/- per day according to cost of [?]
Commandant: WM Jennings
Closed in May 1919. (Jarrow Express, 23 May 1919)
For further information:
Museum of the Order of St John http://museumstjohn.org.uk/research/st-john-archive/
VAD Hospitals in Northumberland and Durham 1914-1918 http://www.donmouth.co.uk/local_history/VAD/VAD_hospitals.html
Scarlet Finders http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/181.html
Historic Environment Record http://twsitelines.info/SMR/16487
Civil Parish: Jarrow
Contributed by Donna, Women's Health in South Tyneside volunteer | Henry R | Durham County Record Office
