Nursing Home In A Private Residence 1911

[malkibiggs]

Looking for an ancestor in the 1911 Census I found her at 10 South Park Terrace, Govan, the home of one Frances M Long. Frances is listed as Head of the household and under Occupation she is noted as Nurse ( Matron ). Also in the house is a Nurse, a Servant ( Cook ), another Servant ( Tablemaid ) and Four Patients, Three Women and One Man. The house is over 3 floors and a basement and has 11 rooms with windows.

Can anyone help me in understanding the situation here. Is this a private "institution", what possible medical or pyschological treatment could be undertaken and what control over said treatment would be in place?

[Neale1961]

What does the census say about your ancestor? Age? Occupation?
What does it say about the other individuals in the house? Ages? Occupations?
How does it describe industry or service? (page 2)

The electoral rolls (starting in 1911) record Frances M Long as a "matron" and "tenant".

The valuation rolls might provide you with more information on what the house was used for. Although there is nothing for 1911, Frances M Long seems to have been associated with both Southpark Terrace, and a nursing home at Princes Terrace for a fair while.
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/help-and-support/guides/valuation-rolls

[jorose]

Another possible route is to see if there's any advertisments by Frances for the services she provided.

I have seen many advertisements by nurses who ran private houses where the primary purpose was providing a safe & discreet location to give birth.

Another common service was providing a place for the long-term sick who needed some additional level of care. Sometimes you'll see a private nursing home mentioned in a death notice where the death has been "after a long illness".

[AlanBoyd]

I haven't checked to see if there is more than one Princes Terrace but this supports the idea of a maternity nursing home for that address...

23 March 1918: Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette

Births
...
At 2 Princes Terrace, Glasgow, on the 10th inst., the wife of Lieut. W. Douglas Lang, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; a son.

[malkibiggs]

Thank you all for the information.

My interest is in "patient" Helen Adams aged 45 at the time of her staying at South Park Terrace. It must be my ancestor as she is the only Helen Adams on the 1911 Census at that age in Scotland. There is a little confusion in that she is said to single and born in Closeburn, Fife - but my Helen is definitely married and Closeburn, Fife does not seem to exist. ( I've checked on any "Ellen" on the Census, as Helen was sometimes given that name on previous censuses, but their is only one, a married woman in Dundee. )

Helen's husband, Thomas is at home with their 6 children and his mother-in-law in Dale Street, Bridgeton. The youngest child, a son is just 3 years old, which suggests Helen was 42 when she gave birth to him. I'm no expert but could it be possible that Helen was capable of pregnancy at the age of 45 which led her to be an in patient at South Park Terrace?