John Stenhouse (formerly Steinhaeuser) was the medical officer in Lewes and founded the sanatorium in 1905. He conducted valuable work in child mortality rates and specifically deaths from tuberculosis. Additionally he served in World War I with the Sussex Yeomanry as a Surgeon-Captain and was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.
His plaque has gone up on the house he lived in on St Andrews Lane.
Click on the Lewes Town Council Facebook link below to see the full post
Click on the Lewes Historical Plaques link below to see the full Friends of Lewes website section on Historical Plaques which includes a link to a document containing all of the Plaques in Lewes.
