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Hi!
My Lovely Auntie (who passed away in 1978) Was at
the southern counties Hospital when she was a child. She was born in
1929 and in 1931 suffered from Empyema which resulted in an operation
where oxygen supply to her brain was cut off for
several minutes, When she started to recover it was found she was
‘mentally challenged’ as the doctors called it then. She was sent to
Southern counties hospital until she was 15 years old. My Grandmother
had remarried after the death of my grandfather and
my Aunt was ‘collected’ by grandmother and her new husband.
I understand that any medical records for her would
not be available now but, admission dates and discharge dates may still
survive. I wondered if you would be able to clarify these dates for me
if I give you her name and the name of my
grandmother? All relatives now who may have remembered this are now
passed over so, I have no-one else to ask.
My Aunt was Greta Doreen Violet Chant born 3
January 1929 I believe that a Mrs Sinnick had recommended that she
attend the hospital.
My Grandmother was Jessie I M Chant later to become
Dunford, Her ‘new’ husband was James Dunford. Married in 1940. I
believe that Greta was ‘collected’ around 1942/2.
I would be most grateful if you could look at your
records and confirm the duration of her stay. I cannot find any other
way of obtaining any records for her. If you should have any photographs
of that period that you could email to me,
again I would be most grateful.
I know nothing about her stay at Southern Counties
not what the conditions would have been like and I sadly was never able
to ask her. My Grandmother was also not someone I could ask those
questions to and my late father was too young to
know.
I would just like to fill in my family tree a
little more so that when the tie comes, I will be writing it all in a
book to be published just for the family. (my own children).
Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you soon.
Kind regards
Jacqueline
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