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Atkinson Morley Hospital

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Atkinson Morley started off as convalescent hospital in the 1870s. It was surrounded by fields. After the Second World War it specialised in neurology.

Sir Godfrey Hounsfield invented C.T. scanning at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon.

Location: Copse Hill, Wimbledon, SW20 0NE. Now a gated residential estate.

 

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The British Lying-in Hospital

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The Middlesex Hospital was founded in 1745 by Sir Hugh Smithson and a group of his associates. Their purpose may have been to try to woo Middlesex's electors prior to the next general election. Two years later, the year of the election, they added a lying-in hospital for women who were about to give birth. In 1749 a faction on the hospital's governing board wished to enlarge the lying-in facility. This proposal was opposed by other members of the body. Therefore, the group broke away and established their own independent institution, opening the British Lying-in Hospital in Brownlow Street. Thus was born the British lying-in hospitals movement.

Location: 24 Endell Street, WC2H 9HQ (red, brown)

 

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Chiswick Maternity Hospital

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Chiswick Maternity Hospital was financially supported by Dan Mason, the founder of the Cherry Blossom Shoe Polish business.

Location: Netheravon Road South, W4 2PZ

 

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The Middlesex Hospital

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The Middlesex Hospital was founded in 1745 by Sir Hugh Smithson and a group of his associates. Their purpose may have been to try to woo Middlesex's electors prior to the next general election.

In 2006 The Middlesex Hospital building was sold to property developers.

Location: 8 Mortimer Street, W1N 8AA (blue, pink)

 

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St Mark's Hospital

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St Mark's specialised in colo-rectal medicine. In 1995 the hospital moved to Northwick Hospital's site in Harrow.

Location: 11 Aldersgate, ECIA 4EU (orange, pink)

38 Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6EQ (red, purple)

City Road, EC1V 2PS (blue, grey)

 

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St Stephen's Hospital

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St George's Union Infirmary was founded in 1878. In 1919 it was renamed Fulham Road Infirmary. Nine years later it became St Stephen s Hospital.

The Chelsea & Westminster Hospital was built on the site.

Location: St Stephen's Hospital, 252 Fulham Road, SW10 9NA (orange, purple)

David Backhouse 2024