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Biographies
People
Writers, organisers, patrons and hospital staff connected with the story.
ExploreHistorical investigation
Research
Census work, biographies, photographs, films and thematic studies are gathered here, separately from the transcribed Newspaper Archive.
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Population records
Census research
3 records comparing the hospital’s staff and patients in 1911 and 1921.
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Hospital funding
Sponsored cots
The named cots and community groups that helped sustain the Little Folks Ward.
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Image archive
Photographs
Original magazine pages and historical images of the ward and hospital.
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Moving images
Film reels
Historical film and later photographic views of the hospital and Bexhill home.
ExploreThematic studies
Further research
Early twentieth century
Cots on the Little Folks Ward
How named and sponsored cots helped fund care on the Little Folks Ward before the creation of the NHS.
1906–1912
The Children’s Salon
The charitable children’s club, its hospital cots and Gladys Warren’s competition entries and correspondence.
1920s–2010
Film reels
Two films preserve moving images and later photographs of the Queen’s Hospital for Children, its treatments, buildings and Bexhill home.