The Leicester Infirmary was established in 1771 after a successful campaign led by Dr William Watts. Fundraising meetings were held in the Three Cranes pub in Humberstone Gate. When the hospital opened, it had just 40 beds, a surgeon, matron, two nurses, a laundry maid, labourer, porter and cook. Nurses had to live in the hospital and have no children. Fully trained nurses were not employed in the hospital until the 1860s. There is an identical patch box in the Collection of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Here is a link to their site Leicester Infirmary Site
Length: 1 ⅞”
Condition: Chip to the base