Whinney House, Gateshead
1st 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/1/1/12/2 (In these records, and on Historic England, the building is called Winney House):
Winney House St. John Hospital, Gateshead
September 15th 1917
Commandant: Mrs Palmer
Hospital: This is a house which has been kindly lent by Colonel E Joicey, for the purpose of a hospital.
Beds: 110 beds in
16 wards
7 huts
Trained staff: 1 Matron
Massage: 1 Masseuse (paid)
VADs: 20 work in shifts. 2 living in.
Paid help: 2 Charwomen
1 Cook
Remarks: This hospital is in excellent order. There is every comfort and convenience for the patients and staff. The patients are drawn from No. 1 Northern General, Newcastle.
Signed: SA Swift
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 England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1248548
Civil Parish: Gateshead
Contributed by Durham County Record Office
