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BMS/ACP/67
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Papers etc. relating to a cot provided by Bedford Modern School to Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples' Hospital and College, Alton, Hampshire.
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1919-1922
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From: 1919 To: 1922
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Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples' Hospital and College was founded by Sir William Purdie Treloar, a previous Lord Mayor of London and a long campaigner on behalf of crippled children. He acquired the former Army hospital in 1907 for use as a hospital to treat children of both sexes up to the age of 12 who were suffering from tuberculosis disease of the bones or joints. The associated College aimed to provide ‘technical instruction to cripple boys of 14 years of age and upwards, as will enable them to earn their own living’. This institution was opened on 8 September 1908.
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