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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Saturday 10 November 1900, page 4
RICHMOND.
A sad fatality befel a little 7 year old daughter of Mr Harry London, of North Richmond, on Tuesday morning. It appears the mother of the child was a little distance from the house milking a cow, and Mr W Turner was also working close by when a child gave the alarm that her sister's clothes were on fire. Mr. Turner and the mother at once rushed to the house, and found the unfortunate child burnt to death. The news was at once brought into Richmond, and assistance taken to the distracted mother. Mr London is, we understand, away from home on a shearing station, and the sad news was telegraphed to him on Tuesday. The deepest sympathy is expressed on all sides at Mrs London's sad bereavement, It is thought the child was toasting a piece of bread when her clothes caught fire, An inquest was held on Wednesday last by Mr J B Johnston, district coroner, when a verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Saturday 24 November 1900, page 4
FAMILY NOTICES.
THANKS.
MR. and MRS HENRY LONDON, of Kurrajong, desire to return their sincere thanks to their many kind friends for floral tributes, letters, cards, and tokens of sympathy in their late sad bereavement.
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Saturday 24 May 1913, page 4
RETURN THANKS.
MR. AND MRS. A. BOTTLES, of the Slopes, desire to return their heartfelt gratitude to their many kind friends who sent floral tributes and letters of sympathy in their recent sad bereavement, especially to Mrs. H. London and Miss S. Stanford for their many acts of kindness in their hour of trouble.
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Friday 11 February 1916, page 6
COMLEROY.
A couple more recruits from Comleroy - Leslie Gow and Oswald London. Os is the second of Mr. Harry London's sons to enlist. It is rumored that a younger one, Darcy, is about to follow suit. We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. London, and their boys for their patriotism.
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Friday 24 January 1919, page 9
THE SLOPES.
News has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Harry London that one of their soldier sons, Private Darcy London, will be home at an early date.
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Friday 11 March 1921, page 2
COMLEROY.
Mrs. H. London, of The Slopes, has not been enjoying good health of late, and has been taken to Sydney for medical attention.
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Friday 13 April 1923, page 10
MARY JANE LONDON.
The death occurred at Newington State Hospital on Tuesday of last week, of Mary Jane London, wife of Mr. Henry London, of Comleroy Road, at the age of 62 years. The late Mrs. London had been ailing for the past three years, but it was only a few weeks ago that she became seriously ill, and it was decided to remove her to a city hospital, where, she subsequently succumbed to paralysis. Deceased was well-known and highly respected throughout the Kurrajong district, where she had lived all her life. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Turner, of Kurrajong, and her husband was for some time in charge of the ferry service at Sackville. They reared a large and well-connected family of nine sons and daughters, two of whom predeceased their mother. The children living are: Oswald, Hector, Vera (Mrs. Smith, of Bondi), Darcy, Alma (Mrs. H Glen. Buttsworth, of East Kurrajong), Una (Mrs. W. Buttsworth, of Annandale), and Bryce. Two of the deceased's sisters, Mrs. R. Baldwin and Mrs. J. Donoghue, are highly-respected residents of Richmond. The late Mrs. London was beloved by all who knew her. She was a good mother and a devoted wife, and the sympathy of the whole district goes out to the sorrowing husband and children. The remains were brought from the Newington Hospital per car by Mr. Albert Price to his rooms in Richmond, from whence the funeral took place on Thursday, the remains being laid to rest in the Church of England cemetery, Richmond. Rev. F. J. Dillon officiated at the graveside.
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wednesday 21 March 1928, page 17
NEWINGTON STATE HOSPITAL.
BADLY EQUIPPED.
30 Nurses, 680 Patients.
A hundred years ago Blaxland, the famous explorer, built a stately home on the right bank of the Parramatta River. The old building became the nucleus of what Is known to-day as the Newington State Hospital and Asylum. But it is far more hospital than asylum, for of the 680 inmates there are 350 permanently in the hospital wards, and in the residential wards there are epileptics and other sufferers who need constant medical attention.
The staff carries out its duties under heart- breaking conditions. The matron has only 30 nurses in her charge. Although 12 more nurses have been promised, there is no accommodatlon available for them when they arrive, unless certain old women are turned out of their quarters to herd as best they can with the other inmates already crowded into out-of-date galvanised iron buildings, which are veritable ovens in summertime.
A large proportion of the patients are anything but misfits, ne'er-do-well, or improvident people. Classification is necessary if self-respect and individuality are to be preserved. At present, women, who, at one time were governesses, loading ladies, school mistresses, thieves, drunkards, respectable widows, and so on, ad infinitum, are all grouped together higgledy-piggledy.
On one verandah, women in advanced stages of T.B. sleep out with women suffering from no contagious diseases. The ward originally reserved for V.D. cases is now filled with women who are simply old and bed-ridden. The V.D. cases, some of whom are young married women with babies, are given beds wherever they are avallable. Chronic cases, who are refused by the larger general hospitals, are bundled out to Newington Asylum, with the result that many beds are occupied day and night for months, and sometimes years.
Two simple sums in arithmetic will each give a startllng answer to the question: How are the patients cared for?
Sixteen nurses are available for eight hours (since the 44 hour a week provision was enforced). How are they to look after 680 women for 12 hours?
Three nurses are available at night for 11 hours. How are they to look after 680 patients for 12 hours? The answer to each sum is simply as best they can.
The matron is also faced with the problem of how to persuade nurses to stay on the premises. Resignations are disconcertingly frequent. Nurses nowadays demand time off and easy access to friends, relations, and amusements. Access to Newington is over a rough road, two and a half miles from Auburn railway station. The bus service is very infrequent. What makes the problem still more difficult is the poorness of the accommodation. Nurses have to sleep in quarters cheek by jowl with patients. Even the medical superintendent is housed in a room jammed against a large dining room.
The manager, Mr. W. Megarvey, is an optimist. He says that for 20 years the place has been understaffed. But they struggle on. He admits that the 44 hour week has complicated matters still further. He hopes against hope that in the near future an admission ward will be built, so that some attempt may be made at classifying the patients as they arrive.
Mr. Megarvey looks forward to winter time with dread. A majority of the old women are forced to sit out on the verandahs, because the few fires are quickly surrounded. To add to the discomfort, the big general hospitals use Newington as an overflow for the indigent sick. The hospitals are not always to blame, for they, too, are often overcrowded.
The kitchens, when inspected by a "Herald" representative, were poorly equipped. The very floors are crumbling away, and, despite the efforts of the staff to keep the place clean, the deep cracks and wide fissures obviously make for unhygienic conditions.
That the administrative staff is doing its utmost to make the lot of the 680 unfortunates bearable is shown by the excellent relations existing between nurses and inmates. Everybody questioned seemed to realise that they were merely the victims of political neglect. One old lady summed up the situation by saying, to an appreciative chorus of approval, "You see, mister, our votes don't count much."
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