death_date birth_date article_title name occupation
04 january 1925 1862/3 mary stewart -lrb- social worker -rrb-
 mary stewart first medical social worker appointed in the united kingdom
mary stewart -lrb- social worker -rrb-

mary stewart -lrb- 1862/3 -- 4 january 1925 -rrb- was the first hospital almoner -lrb- medical social worker -rrb- appointed in the united kingdom .
little is known of stewart 's family or early life .
she was educated at the north london collegiate school for girls and trained as a social worker with the charity organisation society -lrb- later the family welfare association -rrb- .
on 21 january 1895 , stewart was working as secretary of the st pancras office of the cos when she was appointed almoner to the royal free hospital by sir charles loch , the cos 's secretary , an enthusiastic advocate of medical social work .
she remained employed by the cos on a salary of # 100 per annum , later increased to # 125 -lrb- the additional # 25 paid by the hospital -rrb- , which was a reasonably good salary for a woman at that time .
in 1897 , two assistants were appointed to aid her .
in 1899 , she resigned from the royal free hospital due to ill-health , but continued to work for the cos. .
she was knocked down by a car and later died in the royal northern hospital on 4 january 1925 .
