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Princess Marys Hospital, MargateA view of Princess Marys Hospital, Wilderness Road, Margate. The site, originally known as Eastcliff House, was acquired in 1898 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a seaside hospital for London
Torquato Tasso ProfileTORQUATO TASSO Italian writer who in 1574 completed his epic Gerusalemme Liberata, but received little reward and spent much of his life crazed in asylums... Date: 1544 - 1595
White Oak Schools, Swanley, KentCottages and staff house at White Oak Schools, Swanley. The school was established in 1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the treatment of ophthalmia
Barnardo Boys PrintingBarnardo boys learning the printers trade at Dr Barnardos Home at Stepney Causeway, London Date: circa 1914
Birds Eye View of the Pauper Lunatic Asylum, New York Blackwells Island, New York. Date: ca. 1839
Joyce Green Hospital Sitting Room in Nurses HomeSitting Room in the nurses home at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Western Hospital, FulhamFrontage of the Western Fever Hospital was opened in 1877 on Seagrave Road, Fulham. It was the fourth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board which in 1869 became responsible
Joyce Green Hospital - motor ambulanceA patient on a stretcher is being removed from a motor ambulance at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford
Joyce Green Hospital Administration blockThe administration block at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Joyce Green Hospital - Committee RoomCommittee Room at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Joyce Green Hospital WardNurses and patients in a girls ward at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Joyce Green Hospital Main Approach DrivewayThe main approach driveway at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Joyce Green Hospital - storesInterior of stores block at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Darenth Asylum - Day-room
Joyce Green Hospital - staff washhouseThe washhouse for staff clothing in the laundry at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Joyce Green Hospital - ironing roomIroning room for patients bedding in the laundry at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Large rotary irons are used to press sheets
Joyce Green Hospital - main kitchenMain kitchen on east side at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Uniformed staff prepare food in large coppers. A man operates a mincer. Enamel jugs hang on the wall
Middlesex Hospital, Cleveland Street, LondonThe Middlesex Hospital on Cleveland Street in Londons Fitzrovia district. The building was erected in the 1770s as a workhouse for the parish of St Paul, Covent Garden
Western Fever Hospital, Fulham
Joyce Green Hospital ChapelInterior of the chapel at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Joyce Green Hospital CorridorThe glass-roofed open-sided north-east corridor at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
Darenth AsylumThe Darenth Schools, near Dartford in Kent, were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for imbecile children from London
Joyce Green Hospital Ambulance Trams
Joyce Green Hospital - Poultry runs - isolation blocks in diPoultry runs with isolation blocks in distance at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903
South-Western Hospital, Stockwell, LondonPart of the South Western Fever Hospital, opened in 1871 on Landor Road, Stockwell. With facilities for fever and smallpox patients
TS Exmouth - Captain W. S. Bourchier and familyThe Training Ship Exmouth - Captain W.S. Bourchier seated on a chaise longue with his family. The Exmouth, moored of Grays in Essex
TS Exmouth - Musical drillMusic drill on the Training Ship Exmouth - band members (centre) are flanked by other boys doing physical drill. The Exmouth, moored of Grays in Essex
Dr Barnardos HomesDOCTOR BARNARDOs VILLAGE HOMES for girls, near Ilford, Essex : tea on the lawn of Queen Victoria House. Date: circa 1904
Hospital shelters at South Wharf, Rotherhithe, LondonView of hospital shelters at South Wharf, Trinity Street, Rotherhithe, south east London, where smallpox patients waited before being transported down the Thames to hospital ships moored at Long
Main entrance, Pinewood Sanatorium, WokinghamView of the main entrance of Pinewood Sanatorium at Bagshot Sands, near Wokingham, Berkshire, originally opened in 1898 as the London Open Air Sanatorium by the National Association for
Nurses inside the river ambulance Geneva CrossScene inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross. Along with two other river ambulances it was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to
Ward at Carshalton Childrens Infirmary, SurreyInterior view of ward D8 at Carshalton Childrens Infirmary, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board and became a general hospital for up to 1000 children
River ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross, Maltese CrossView of the river ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross and Maltese Cross. They were operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to
Gymnasium, Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, KentThe gymnasium and physiotherapy department at Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent. A wide range of equipment includes an exercise bicycle, a ships wheel, and part of a bus
The Park Hospital, Hither Green, LondonKitchens of the Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London. Uniformed staff cook food on a large range. The only man present operates a large mincing machine
Training Ship Exmouth, flag signalling drillUniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth learning flag signalling. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment
Woolwich Union Golden Leigh Homes, PlumsteadThe Woolwich Unions " Golden Leigh" cottage homes at Bostall Heath, Plumstead, south east London, erected in 1899 to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Training Ship Exmouth, gun crewUniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth in formation as a gun crew, pulling a gun carriage. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex
Boys Eating, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, EssexBoys eating buns on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex
Edward Prince of Wales visiting Training Ship ExmouthHRH Edward, Prince of Wales, visiting the Training Ship Exmouth on the occasion of its golden jubilee in 1926. The ship was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays
Western Hospital, Fulham, south west LondonPart of the Western Fever Hospital, which was opened in 1877 on Seagrave Road, Fulham, south west London. It was the fourth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board which in 1869
MAB Headquarters, Carmelite Street, LondonHeadquarters of the Metropolitan Asylums Board at the corner of Carmelite Street on the Victoria Embankment, Central London
MAB Early Motor Ambulance, LondonA driver at the wheel of one of the first motor ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in around 1905
MAB Ambulance Interior, LondonInterior of one of the ambulances operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in around 1930, showing a patient lying on a bed and a nurse sitting at his side
Children at Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, CarshaltonChildren in the hot water bathing pool at the Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board
Millfield Seaside Home, Littlehampton, SussexChildren and nurses outside the Millfield Seaside Home at Rustington, Littlehampton, Sussex. The Home was opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 as a seaside sanatorium for children
King George V Sanatorium, Godalming, SurreyAerial view of the 230-bed King George V Sanatorium between Milford and Hydestile near Godalming in Surrey. It was established in 1922 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as part of their expanding
Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east LondonA view of the Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London. The Park was one of the fever hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board between 1870