| Description | Correspondence relating to a legal case brought by the mother and stepfather of Joseph Grimshaw, a child in the care of St Mary's Orphanage, North Hyde, demanding compensation for negligence regarding Joseph's contraction of trachoma. The file includes correspondence from the M W Edminson, Lady Almoner at the Royal London Opthalmic Hospital (Moorfields Eye Hospital); Sister M L Daly, Superintendent of St Mary's Schools, North Hyde, and Sister M Laurence ; H R Hodder, solicitor for Mr Dullars, the stepfather of Joseph Grimshaw; T W Hunter, legal advisor to the Westminster Diocesan Education Fund; Joseph E Weld, of solicitors Witham, Roskell, Munster & Weld; J F Cunningham, the surgeon attending St Mary's Orphanage; Robert J Parr, OBE, Director of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC); Dr Arthur H Norris, Chief Inspector of the Home Office Reformatory and Industrial Schools Department; Frederic John Berryman, solicitor for the Alliance Assurance Company.
The file describes the medical treatment of children suffering from eye conditions in St Mary's Schools, in particular conjunctivitis and trachoma. While the case against the WDEF was not successful, it prompted the Diocese to increase insurance funding for accidents to staff and pupils under its care. |