Frederick Road Municipal Hospital, Hastings

[rsel]

Hi,
    I have just been going through the recently released Electoral registers for East Sussex, on Ancestry, trying to find my grandfathers family.  After finding the family for most years, i found that for my Great Grandfather, there was 3 years he had vanished, my great grandmother was in the family house with most of the expected children, but he wasn't registered.  I eventually found him with his son in Frederick Road Municipal Hospital for all 3 years, so trying to work out why they both might have been there, as asking round the family nobody seems to have any family stories that might explain it. At the time he was in his 70's and his son was around 50, and this was just after WW II (i.e. 1946 thru 48). Both of them are then back with there families on the subsequent registers. 
     I have tried searching for info on the hospital, but other than general details (i.e former workhouse, became St Helen's after the formation of NHS) i haven't been able to see much to give any hints on what type of hospital it was that may give a clue why they were there for 3 years. I am guessing that it may have been connected to t war, and perhaps it may have been some sort of 'mental' conditions (perhaps triggered from the WW 1 experiences), but i really don't know.  Does anybody have any knowledge of what type of hospital it may have been ?

Thanks

Richard

[KGarrad]

East Sussex Record Office has Admission & Discharge records from 1866-1960.

[rsel]

Thanks KGarrad,
    I just wish i could get there :-)

[rosie99]

What was his name

[rsel]

Hi Rosie99,
   It was Henry Sellens, and his son was Walter Alfred Sellens

Richard

[rosie99]

I realise that this was before the dates you mentioned but in Hastings and St Leonards Observer 06 September 1941 regarding the death of Albert Victor Sellens it mentions that Mr H Sellens (father), Mr W Sellens (brother) and Mrs Lamb (sister) were unable to attend the funeral due to illness.  Perhaps they were ill and living at home for some time before going in to the hospital. 

[rsel]

Hi Rosie99,
    Yeah, i have that newspaper record, and its possible its the same illness that they had for a while, that' part of the mystery :-)

Richard

[rosie99]

Mr H Sellens (father), Mr W Sellens (brother) and Mrs Lamb (sister) were unable to attend the funeral due to illness.  Perhaps they were ill and living at home for some time before going in to the hospital. 

Do you have any of their death certificates that may give clues to their illnesses

[rsel]

Do you have any of their death certificates that may give clues to their illnesses

hi rosie99,  nothing on them that would suggest any clues.  Henry died 5 years after leaving the hospital at the ripe old age of 80, of heart problems.  Walter died 15 years later in his mid 60's of lung problems. 

Richard