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Doran, Clara

Biographical

Registration number14
SurnameDoran
First name(s)Clara
Address(es)

Borough Fever Hospital, Leeds
Mauston Hospital, Seacroft, nr Leeds

Date of registration7 March 1890
Qualifications

Oldham Infirmary, 1880 - 84
Borough Fever Hospital, Leeds (Matron), 1884 - 90

Personal details

Date of birth1853
Place of birthHarswell, York
Maiden nameJackson
Married nameDoran
Family details

Grocer's daughter
Married John Hugh Doran in 1875

Date of death1947
Place of deathSuffolk
Additional personal details

General servant aged 18 in Knaresborough in 1871 Census
Widowed by 1891

Professional details

Work experience

Oldham Infirmary, 1880 - 1884, Probationer and surgical nurse
Borough (City) Fever Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, 1884, Matron and housekeeper
Mauston Hospital (Leeds Hospital for Infectious Diseases), Seacroft, Leeds, 1902, Matron

Professional activities

Member RBNA

Additional professional details

Vice President of Fever Nurses' Association in 1909
Held garden party in grounds of hospital in Seacroft, Leeds, in 1914

Sources

Register of Nurses (RBNA 4/1) - Royal British Nurses' Association Records, King's College London Archives

British Journal of Nursing, May 29 1909

British Journal of Nursing, July 4 1914

Census returns for 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 (1911 as Duran)

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