title: Jean Decima Jacomb (1894-1988), matron of The London Clinic, 20 Devonshire Place, London W1 from 1938 to 1949.
abstract: Miss Jean Jacomb born into a wealthy family, was at the age of 22 a student nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London in 1917 where she nursed convalescent soldiers from World War I. Her midwifery training was in the slums around Whitechapel where a nurses uniform and medical bag provided a safe passage in the East End of London. For a while she worked in South Africa and India and returning to UK in 1923 she progressed to appointment as matron at the now re-named Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea. In 1938 she was appointed matron to The London Clinic during the years of World War II following which in 1949 she retired at the age of 55. She then travelled the world extensively by ship, always first class. She died in 1988.
authors.affiliation: The London Clinic, UK email@kathyperkins.co.uk.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Perkins
mesh_terms: D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history*; D008131:London; D047789:World War II
keywords: Jean Jacomb; St Bartholomew's Hospital; The London Clinic; The Royal Marsden Hospital