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Miss E.S. Innes 1900s

Founded the Nurses League in 1925 and was

eventually appointed ‘Lady Superintendent’ of the

Infirmary. During World War 1 she

was also principal matron responsible for nursing staff

across all hospitals taken over by the War Office

1913Last time children admitted

to Women’s Hospital

1914Outbreak of

World War One

19111165 cases of Smallpox resulting in 154 deaths

191870% people still lived in

back to back houses

1956Clean Air Act introduced measures to reduce air

pollution in towns and cities

1939Outbreak of

World War Two

1961Martin Wing opens

1919 Maternity moves to

Hyde Terrace

1948NHS founded

1940 Brotherton Wing opens

1936Nurses Home extended

1961Wellcome Wing opens

1945Hospital for Women at

Roundhay Hall purchased

Matthew Stewart

1885-1956Pathologist who served on the Medical Research Council. His department

became “the Mecca of post graduate students”

Kathleen Raven1910-1999

Matron at LGI where the hospital was the first to

set up an Assistant Nurse Training Programme. Later

became Chief Nursing Officer in the Dept of

Health & Social Security

Samuel Rowling1874-1950

Began the accurate measurement of

anaesthetic agents

Hugh Garland1903-1967

Outstanding leader who was a founder member of the Association of British

Neurologists

Frank Parsons1918-1989

Performed the first kidney dialysis in the UK on 30 September 1956. There

followed a period when only LGI was providing the service for the whole of the UK with

patients being transferred by train to the hospital

Maurice Ellis1905-1997

First accident & emergency consultant to be appointed in the country (and many

say the world!).Author of the Casualty Officers’ Handbook and the first President of the

national Casualty Surgeons’ Association

Leslie Pyrah 1899-1995

Set up the first renal dialysis unit in the UK.

Director of the Medical Research Council unit in Leeds and Professor of

Urological Surgery. Performed what was

possibly the first cadaveric transplant at LGI

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