St Joseph's Hospital

DDX 1708/1 Management Committee

DDX 1708/2 Hospital Sisters

DDX 1708/3 Annual Reports

DDX 1708/4 Accounts

DDX 1708/5 Patient Records

DDX 1708/6 Staff Records

DDX 1708/7 Training School

DDX 1708/8 Miscellaneous

Deposited by Sister Norah Browne of the Sisters of Charity

Accession 6150 (18 Sep 1987) comprises: DDX 1708/1/1/2-5; DDX 1708/1/2; DDX 1708/1/3; DDX 1708/2/1; DDX 1708/4; DDX 1708/5/1; DDX 1708/5/2/1-4, 6-16; DDX 1708/5/3; DDX 1708/5/4/3-15; DDX 1708/5/5-10; DDX 1708/6-7; DDX 1708/8/8.

Accession 6360 (19 Oct 1988) comprises: DDX 1708/1/1/1; DDX 1708/3; DDX 1708/5/4/1-2; DDX 1708/8/1-7.

Accession 7270 (14 Oct 1992) comprises DDX 1708/5/2/5.

St Joseph's Hospital was erected on Mount Street, Preston in 1877 by Mrs Maria Holland for the benefit of the sick poor. It was opened in 1879 and run by the Sisters of Charity of our Lady Mother of Mercy, who also ran St Joseph's Orphanage in Theatre street. In 1884, it opened up two rooms as accommodation for private patients, and during the First World War it provided care for wounded soldiers (often Belgians). The Hospital was later recognised as a training centre for nurses, and accepted its first trainees in 1958. The Hospital closed in the late 1980s, and is now the Mount Street Nursing Home. The Sisters of Charity are still based in Mount Street at Provincial House.