The Sanatorium at Knightwick a hospital especially built for sufferers of Tuberculosis in 1915. This photo is of patients and nursing staff and looks about 1920's -1930's. Hopefully some one doing their own genealogy will come across this and recognize one of their own family, or even know who some of these people were.

[It is also possible that the group above where all staff, nurses doctors, groundsmen and maintenance staff]

At least those who were ill would have had a pleasant time in their final years alive, the area is of outstanding beauty and with purity of air would have been perfect to aid their condition. In 1946, the development of the antibiotic streptomycin made effective treatment and cure of TB a reality and so by early 1960's the Sanatorium was no longer necessary and was closed and sold.

Having done research in to the 1911 census [see below] of the sanatorium, I have the feeling that Dr. Harry GordonSmith and his wife, Amy Eileen GordonSmith, Matron at the Sanatorium are the two standing together, he with an albert watch chain and her in the Matron's outfit.

Below are some interesting documents from the Sanatorium regarding timetables, rules and regulations and instructions for patients (Many thanks to Major [Retd] Janet Brodie-Murphy) for providing original copies. I have used OCR to recreate them for easier reading by the user. I am sure those reading them will raise an eyebrow occasionally!

The Worcestershire King Edward VII, Memorial Sanatorium - TIMETABLE

 

 

The Worcestershire King Edward VII, Memorial Sanatorium - RULES and REGULATIONS

 

The Worcestershire King Edward VII, Memorial Sanatorium - INSTRUCTIONS to PATIENTS

 

1911 Census of the Sanatorium

Dr. and Mrs H. Gordon Smith No history of the Sanatorium would be complete without reference to Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Smith, who acted as Medical Superintendent and Matron respectively from 1909 to 1945.  Dr. Gordon Smith died in harness in 1939, but Mrs. Gordon Smith stayed with us until the end of the second world war. The Sanatorium has, I feel, had a successful existence, and if that is agreed, then I am certain that the success was due to the lifelong services of these two officers. Mrs Gordon Smith was a fine administrator and had a genius for organisation. To me personally she was a "boon and a blessing". Of Dr. Gordon Smith, I quote a letter received from a patient:- "Though I cannot be present when his mortal remains are laid to rest, I want these poor broken expressions of appreciation to be a flower to be dropped sorrowfully but unobtrusively into his grave, for when he is laid to rest, Mother Earth will take into her bosom one of the gentlest, tenderest, and noblest souls that ever graced the medical profession". Mrs Gordon Smith died in June 1950, and it was with sad hearts that many of the long service members of the Sanatorium staff attended the funeral ceremony at Eckington. A quote, from the 'History of the Institution from its opening in 1902, to the date of its transference to the Ministry of Health, on the 5th July 1948'. By J.P. Holder, M.B.E.   1911 Census - Sanatorium, Knightwick, Worcestershire. Doctors House Harry GordonSmith - Head [age 34] Married - Medical Superintendent - b. Willesden, London. Amy Eileen GordonSmith - Wife [age 33] Married - Matron - b. Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire. Muriel Eileen GordonSmith - Daughter [Age 7] - b. Highgate, London. Joyce GordonSmith - Daughter [1 month] - b. Knightwick, Worcestershire. Zoë GordonSmith - Sister [age 31] Single - Artist - b. Willesden, London. Blanch Rudkin - Servant [age 32] Single - Nursery Governess - b. Horsley, Gloucestershire. Elizabeth Siars - Servant [age 37] Single - Cook - b. Torquay, Devonshire. Elsie Rosina Lloyd - Servant [age 20] Single - b. Housemaid [domestic] - b. Ludlow, Shropshire. Harriet Rollings - Servant [age 18] Single - Kitchen Maid [domestic] - b. Doddenham, Worcestershire. Edith Wilcox - Servant [age 20] Single - Ward Maid [domestic] - b. Martley, Worcestershire. Lodge Elizabeth Wood - Servant [age 38] Single - Hospital Nurse - b. Lulsley, Worcestershire. Mildred Jane Andrews - Servant [age 28] Single - Hospital Nurse - b. Suckley, Worcestershire. George Robert Phillips - Servant [age 35) Married - Gardener [domestic] - b. Suckley, Worcestershire. Mary Philips - Servant [age 34] Married [12 years - 2 children] - b. Suckley, Worcestershire. Alfred William Phillips - Son of Servant [age 11] School - b. Suckley, Worcestershire. Robert Albert Phillips - Son of Servant [age 11 months] - b Doddenham, Worcestershire. Pavilions and Shelters Patients Men [18] Stephen Stallard - [age 29] Married - Stone Mason [worker] - b. Leigh, Worcestershire. Herbert Frank Pook - [age 30] Single - Usher [domestic] Army Reservist - b. St. Marylebone, London. Albert Thomas Smith - [age 33] Married - Farm Labourer [worker] Pyx Granite Co. - b. Colwall, Herefordshire. William Perkins - [age 27] Single - Coal Miner (road mending, underground) [worker] Pensax Colliery. - b. Mendt Wood, Worcestershire. Alfred Crawford - [age 23] Single - General Labourer [worker] Brass Foundry - b. Sidemore, Worcestershire. Humphrey Parkes - [age 49] Married - Wet Grinder [worker] Brade Steel Works - b. Oldbury, Worcestershire. Albert Pinfield - [age 23] Single - Electrical Instrument Maker [worker] Wandsworth Electrical Co. - b. Sparkhill, Birmingham, Worcestershire. Charles Gregg - [age 22] Single - Bookbinder [worker] General Publishers - b. Worcester. Harry Webb - [age 28] Married - Tailor [worker] - b. Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire. George Woodliffe - [age 26] Single - Warehouseman [worker] - b. Kentish Town, London. William James Adams - [age 33] Single - Groom [domestic] - b. St John's, Worcester. James Griffin - [age 38] Married - Market Gardener [own account] - b. Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire. James Morgan - [age 19] Single - General Labourer [worker] Tube Works - b. Old Hill, Staffordshire. Herbert Nash - [age 15] Single - Baker's Assistant [worker] Baker - b. Worcester. Edward Dowler - [age 22] Single - Lining & Transferring [worker] Cycle Works - b. Selly Oak, Worcestershire. Ernest Williams - [age 19] Single - General Electrician [worker] Nat. Telephone Co. - b. Llanfairfechan, Caernarvonshire Bertram Joseph Amphlett - [age 33] Married - Solicitor's Clerk - b. Worcester. William Lees - [age 25] Single - Labourer [worker] Phospherous Works. - b. Warley, Worcestershire. Patients Women [11] Mabel Houghton - [age 20] Single - General Domestic Servant. - b. Bevington, Worcestershire. Alice Mary Canoier - [age 43] Married - b. Droitwich, Worcestershire. Sarah Winifred Weston - [age 21] Single - b. Langley, Worcestershire. Lizzie Freeman - [age 28] Single - Booking Clerk [worker] Cadbury's Chocolate Works - b. Birmingham, Warwickshire. Kathleen Geddes - [age 37] Married - Picker [worker] Carpet Factory. - b. Stourport, Worcestershire. Mary Hawker - [age 14] - b. Malvern Link, Worcestershire. Elizabeth Taylor - [age 20] Single - Cook [domestic] - b. Pershore, Worcestershire. Elsie Bissell - [age 26] Married - b. Old Hill, Staffordshire. Annie Rawlings - [age 14] - b. Stoulton, Worcestershire. Isabella Baker - [age 31] Single - Mother's help [domestic] - b. Smallheath, Birmingham. Irene May Hopkins - [age 22] Single - Dressmaker [own account] - b. Redditch, Worcestershire. Totals of staff and patients in Census. Doctor's House, 9 Rooms [1 male & 9 females] 2 Pavilions, 17 Rooms [ 8 males & 6 females] 9 Shelters, 9 Rooms [10 males & 5 females] Lodge, 6 Rooms [ 3 males & 3 females] 22 males and 23 females total of 45 persons.

 

1939 Register of the Sanitorium -Taken on the 29th September, 1939.

1939 Register of the Sanatorium - Taken on the 29th September, 1939. Dr. Harry Gordon Smith, died Saturday 13th May, 1939.  See Obit. Staff 1. Mabel E. Holloway - b. 19th November, 1898. (s) Occupation:- Nurse. 2. Iris May Nurbey - b. 9th January, 1915. (s) Occupation:- Nurse. (Married:- Lewis) 3. Charlotte Cale - b. 22nd January, 1911. (m) Occupation:- Nurse. 4. Doris G. Mobberley - b. 22nd May, 1901. (s) Occupation:- Nurse. (Married:- Morris, 26-10-1945) 5. Mary E. F. Williams - b. 26th October, 1920. (s) Occupation:- Ward-maid. (Married:- Smith, 17-07-1945) 6. Doris Ivy Brookes - b. 7th March, 1920. (s) Occupation:- Housemaid. (Married:- Atkin, 10-09-1943) 7. Druscilla Chater - b. 17th December, 1919. (s) Occupation:- Cook. (Married:- Williams) 8. Rosa Kubler - b. 4th March, 1914. (s) Occupation:- Kitchen-maid. 9. This record is officially closed. 10 This record is officially closed. 11. Margaret Powell - b. 6th July, 1920. (s) Occupation:- Parlour-maid. (Married:- Gray) 12. Agnes Huggins - b. 28th April, 1894. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties. 13. Frances J. Mason - b. 9th July, 1913. (s) Occupation:- Nurse. (Married:- Morris, 09-02-1948) 14. Alice Elizabeth Gwin - b. 28th March, 1908. (s) Occupation:- Nurse. (Married:- May) Patients - Ladies 15. Annie Brant - b. 26th May, 1912. (s) Occupation:- Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 16. Jessie Drew - b. 16th August, 1917. (s) Occupation:- Carpet Weaver, Incapacitated. 17. Elizabeth Jones - b. 15th June, 1923. (s) Occupation:- Incapacitated. 18. Elsie Muriel A. Pitt - b. 10th June, 1920. (s) Occupation:- Wool Winder, Incapacitated. 19. Elsie Harrison - b. 17th April, 1905. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 20. Dorothy E. Collins - b. 14th April, 1924. (s) Occupation:- Tailors Assistant, Incapacitated. 21. Lena Brookes - b. 6th July, 1914. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 22. Doris Lammas - b. 8th December, 1907. (w) Occupation:- Incapacitated. 23. Enid Holder - b. 11th May, 1907. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 24. Gwyneth Thomas - b. 16th February, 1918. (s) Occupation:- Parlour-maid, Incapacitated. (Married:- Palmer) 25. Kathleen Harris - b. 7th April, 1918. (s) Occupation:- Labority Asst. Cake Factory, Incapacitated. (Married:- Murray, 07-12-1964) 26 Winifred E. Powell - b. 3rd August, 1915. (s) Occupation:- House Parlour-maid, Incapacitated. (Married:- Deveroux, 28-05-1974 then Stockhall) 27. Florence Elt - b. 22nd September, 1912. (s) Occupation:- Incapacitated. 28. Iris Whitehouse - b. 29th February, 1920. (s) Occupation:- Hair Dresser, Incapacitated. (Married:- Lamkham) 29. Iris Lampitt - b. 26th February, 1921. (s) Occupation:- Shop Assistant (Wallpaper), Incapacitated. (Married:- Bedford, 06-03-1943) 30. Elsie May Keefe - b. 13th March, 1921. (s) Occupation:- Sewing Machinist, Incapacitated. (Married:- Cahill, 04-08-1945) 31. Ivy Mary Tudge - b. 1st February, 1920. (s) Occupation:- Shop Assistant (Confectionary), Incapacitated. (Married:- Beavan, 16-05-1945) 32. Emmie Tromans - b. 20th February, 1908. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. (Married:- Parsons, 23-04-1947) 33. Violet Westbury - b. 22nd December, 1919. (s) Occupation:- Worker Press Machine in Steel Factory, Incapacitated. 34. Peggy Sheakell - b. 1st July, 1911. (s) Occupation:- Clerk Typist, Incapacitated. 35. Elizabeth Warman - b. 19th October, 1898. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 36. Margaret Ralph - b. 3rd May, 1916. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 37. This record is officially closed. 38. This record is officially closed. 39 Carrie B. Priest - b. 15th July, 1904. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 40. Sarah Skelding - b. 18th October, 1913. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 41. Elizabeth Foster - b. 5th February, 1877. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 42. Olive Lovett - b. 3rd July, 1898. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 43. This record is officially closed. 44. Nellie Rudd - b. 20th April, 1904. (w) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 45. Bridget Olive - b. 13th April, 1909. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties, Incapacitated. 46. Enid Parsons - b. 24th July, 1917. (s) Occupation:- Carpet Weaver, Incapacitated. 47. Lily Duffin - b. 26th March, 1920. (s) Occupation:- Office Clerk, Incapacitated. Patients - Gentlemen 48. Geoffrey H. Miles - b. 15th October, 1914. (s) Occupation:- Carpet Weaver, Incapacitated. 49. Frederick E. Chambers -b. 23rd March, 1904. (s) Occupation:- Builder's Labourer, Incapacitated. 50 William Morris - b. 7th May, 1900. (s) Occupation:- Maintainance Fitter, Incapacitated. 51. Frederick Tustin - b. 1st May,1913. (s) Occupation:- Market Gardener, Incapacitated. 52. Henry Marker - b. 3rd May, 1982. (m) Occupation:- Grocer's Manager, Incapacitated. 53. Hector W. Gardener. - b. 14th June,1914. (m) Occupation:- Market Gardener, Labourer, Incapacitated. 54. Charles Langston - b. 29th October, 1910. (s) Occupation:- Market Gardener, Incapacitated. 55. Archibald J. Bird - b. 4th May, 1908. (m) Occupation:- Jobbing Gardener, Incapacitated. 56. Henry H. Taylor - b. 3rd may, 1895. (m) Occupation:- Engineering Fitter, Incapacitated. 57. John W. Smith - b. 23rd June, 1900. (m) Occupation:- Incapacitated. 58. James Manders - b. 22nd December, 1919. (s) Occupation:- Painter (L.M.S. Railway Trucks) Incapacitated. 59 Thomas Saunders - b. 30th July, 1886. (m) Occupation:- Stoker Engineer, Incapacitated. [Royal Navy Stoker. Petty Officer [21991] 22 years service, Life Pension] 60. Gerald W. Sessions - b. 1st December, 1910. (m) Occupation:- Engine Fitter, Incapacitated. 61. Thomas W. Jones - b. 14th November, 1901. (m) Occupation:- Spinning Mill Stoker, Incapacitated. 62. William Swaithe - b. 3rd June, 1880. (m) Occupation:- Gardener, Incapacitated. [6th Hereford Volunteer. R. Shropshire L.I. Sergeant [14298] 25 years service, No Pension] 63. Eric Harber - b. 9th October, 1924. (s) Occupation:- Incapacitated. 64. Thomas Healey - b. 22nd February, 1891. (s) Occupation:- Incapacitated. [1st Canadian Heavy Battery [43126] No Pension] 65. Albert Wright - b. 1st October, 1878. m) Occupation:- Incapacitated. [ 3rd Battalion, Worcester Regiment, No Pension] 66. J. Arthur Horton - b. 15th April, 1908. (s) Occupation:- Plater in Steel Works, Incapacitated. 67. William H. Pratt - b. 26th April, 1904. (m) Occupation:- Railway Man (Shunter), Incapacitated. 68. Arthur Jones - b. 24th July, 1917. (s) Occupation:- Farm Labourer, Incapacitated. 9 2nd Battalion, Gloucester Regiment [5183•] 1935-37, No Pension] 69. Stanley Pearsall - b. 15th December, 1914. (m) Occupation:- Carpet Worker in Factory, Incapacitated. 70. Kevin B. Costello - b. 7th March. 1924. (s) Occupation:- Incapacitated. 71. George Burford - b. 13th November, 1907 (m) Occupation:- Tyre Fitter, Incapacitated. 72. Bert W. Hadley - b. 12th November, 1901. (m) Occupation:- Retired Clerk, Incapacitated. 73. Sydney Hagley - b. 21st May, 1914. (s) Occupation:- Road Labourer, Incapacitated. 74. William Haines - b. 14th July, 1888. (m) Occupation:- Market Gardener, Incapacitated. [Worcester Regiment [27642] 1915-19, No Pension. 75. Roland Dyde - b. 1st August, 1915. (s) Occupation:- Labourer in Brick Factory, Incapacitated. 76. William Lambert - b. 5th August, 1900. (m) Occupation:- Chenilla Cutter, Carpet Factory, Incapacitated. 77. Loxley J. Rodway - b. 10th August, 1993. (m) Occupation:- House Painter, Incapacitated. [R.E. [44084] 1914-18, No Pension] 78. David J. Morgan - b. 11th June, 1919. (s) Occupation:- Factory Charge Hand, Incapacitated. 79. Jack Jones - b. 26th September, 1918. (s) Occupation:- Incapacitated. 80. William Russell - b. 20th February, 1905. (m) Occupation:- Metal Box Worker, Incapacitated. 81. Arthur Hill - b. 4th November, 1885. (m) Occupation:- Farm Labourer, Incapacitated. 14th Devons [38171] Lar Batt [92503] 1916. 82. Harold Moseley - b. 24th November, 1921. (s) Occupation:- Engineer Fitter, Incapacitated. 83. This record is officially closed. 84. John Meacham - b. 6th July, 1917. (s) Occupation:- Carpet Worker, Incapacitated. 85. Horace Jeacok - b. 17th July, 1910. (m) Occupation:- Motor Engineer, Incapacitated. 86. Sydney May - b. 4th July, 1905. (s) Occupation:- Sheet Metal Worker, Incapacitated. 87. Frederick Marriott - b. 1st April, 1906. (m) Occupation:- Baker, Incapacitated. 88. William Holland - b. 20th January, 1916. (s) Occupation:- Fitting Shop Machines, Incapacitated. 89. Reginald Williams - b. 16th September, 1921. (s) Occupation:- Plasterer Houses, Buildings, Incapacitated. 90. Benjamin Langford - b. 7th June, 1923. (s) Occupation:- Lathe Machine Worker, Incapacitated. 91. This record is officially closed. 92. Harry Handy - b. 31st June, 1914. (s) Occupation:- Market Gardener, Incapacitated. 93. Major Boxley - b. 18th December, 1886. (m) Occupation:- Chain Maker, Incapacitated. 94. Alfred W. Hodgetts - b. 20th March, 1902. (m) Occupation:- Painter (House), Incapacitated. 95. Harry Harris - b. 12th October,1917. (s) Occupation:- Tool Maker, Incapacitated. 96. Frank E. Tomlinson - b. 5th March, 1913. (s) Occupation:- Electrical Engineer, Incapacitated. Staff 97. Eileen M. Taylor - b. 4th December, 1903. (m) Occupation:- Unpaid Domestic Duties. 98. Amy E. Gordon Smith - b. 24th May, 1877. (m) Occupation:- Matron (Knightwick Sanatorium). 99. Diana M. Gordon Smith - b. 24th March, 1914. (s) Occupation:- Nurse. [Territorial Army Nursing Service] (Married:- Patterson) 100. Donald R. Gordon Smith - b. 3rd April, 1918. (s) Occupation:- Medical Student. 101. This record is officially closed.