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RefNoKWH/9G/16/18
AltRefNoWH9/221
TitleVisit to the Papworth Village Settlement by Prince George, the Duke of Kent
DescriptionThe group is outside Papworth Hall, and includes the Duke of Kent, Dr Pendrill Varrier-Jones and Matron Borne.

The British Journal of Nursing dated July 1936 reported "The Duke of Kent, on June 16th, paid a visit to the Papworth Village Settlement, near Cambridge, of which he is President, where he was received by the Medical Director, Sir Pendrill Varrier- Jones, and immediately began an inspection of the medical departments, including the Bernhard Baron Memorial Hospital for Men, The Princess Hospital for Women, and the new Surgical Hospital which has yet to be formally opened. After luncheon His Royal Highness made a tour of the
industries where patients and ex-patients from the Papworth Hospitals are employed, and lastly the site of the new Home for tuberculous nurses of which the foundation-stone was
laid on June 16th. The Duke of Kent expressed himself more than pleased with the progress made and commended all concerned in the development of the scheme."
Date[1936]
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CreatorNameThe Whitney Collection
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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