Glasgow Lock Hospital

The Lock Hospital for Women was a hospital in Glasgow for women suffering from venereal disease.

Glasgow Lock Hospital
Statistics of the Glasgow Lock Hospital from its foundation, 7 August 1805 to 31 December 1881 page 9
Geography
LocationGlasgow, Scotland
Coordinates55.861715°N 4.238422°W / 55.861715; -4.238422
History
Opened1805
Links
ListsHospitals in Scotland

Background

The Glasgow lock hospital was established in 1805[1][2] at Rottenrow Lane. It moved to 41 Rottenrow in 1845.[3]

The origin of the term 'lock' may be in the French word 'loques', meaning rags and bandages, or from 'loke' a house for lepers.[4] Originally, the patients included women, usually those working as Prostitutes,[5] and even children who had been infected with syphilis.[6] The hospital depended on funding from subscribers in cash or in kind,[7] which in 1829 included stationery, vinegar and coal. The annual report from 1814 listed a remarkable 450 subscribers.[5]

People associated with Glasgow Lock Hospital

James McCune Smith 1930s

See also

References
  1. "Glasgow Lock Hospital". Voluntary Hospitals Database.
  2. Paterson, Alexander (December 1882). Statistics of Glasgow Lock Hospital Since its Foundation in 1805—with Remarks on the Contagious Diseases Acts, and on Syphilis (Report).
  3. Glasgow Post Office Directory. 1845. p. 459.
  4. Mahood, Linda (2013). The Magdalenes: Prostitution in the Nineteenth Century. Taylor and Fancis. ISBN 9780203104057.
  5. "Annual Report on Glasgow Lock Hospital, 1814". SCRAN. 1814.
  6. "They called it the Lock, and it was a fate worse than death". The Scotsman. 2002.
  7. "Subscription Reminder for Glasgow's Lock Hospital, 1829". SCRAN. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  8. "Dr Alice McLaren, obituary". British Medical Journal. 1 (4437): 110–111. 19 January 1946. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4437.110-a. S2CID 220004214.
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