Asylums Collection (page 5)

Refugees making Munitions Cases, Earls Court, London
First World War refugees making munitions cases at the camp set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board at Earls Court, West London

Milking, Darenth Training Colony, Kent
Milking parlour at the Darenth Training Colony near Dartford in Kent. The colony, for adult mental defectives, was set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 as an addition to the existing

Darenth Asylum Schools, Dartford, Kent
The Darenth Schools, near Dartford in Kent, were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for imbecile children from London

Sewing Class, Darenth Training Colony, Kent
Sewing class at the Darenth Training Colony near Dartford in Kent. The colony, for adult mental defectives, was set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 as an addition to the existing Darenth

Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east London
A distant view of the Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, south east London. The Brook was one of the fever hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board between 1870

Wartime Beds at Earls Court, West London
A First World War refugee camp for Belgian refugees at Earls Court. Around one thousand beds in the Queens Palace were provided by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1914

Wartime Schoolroom for Refugee Children, Earls Court
A schoolroom for the children of refugees set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board at Earls Court, West London, during the First World War

Printing Shop, Darenth Training Colony, Kent
Printing shop at the Darenth Training Colony near Dartford in Kent. The colony, for adult mental defectives, was set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 as an addition to the existing

Wartime Nursery for refugee children, Earls Court, London
A nursery for the children of refugees set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board at Earls Court during the First World War

Downs Childrens Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
Aerial view of the Downs Childrens Hospital on Banstead Road, Sutton, Surrey, originally opened in 1883 as part of the South Metropolitan District School for pauper children

Lunatic Asylum
LA SALPETRIERE Asylum founded in 1656, used especially for female patients, and later noted for the studies of hysteria by Charcot and others

Twin Steam-Ship Castalia, August 1875
Engraving of the twin-hulled, paddle steamer Castalia, leaving Dover for Calais, August 1875. Built in 1874 for the English Channel Steamship Company

Foundling Toddlers
Toddlers playing outdoors at the Foundling Hospital site in Guildford Street, London

Foundlings at Play
Children playing outdoors in the sunshine at the Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street, London

Orphanage Boy & Puppet
A boy in an orphanage plays with a marionette

Mettray / General View
Birds eye view of the Agricultural Colony at Mettray, France, where street children are taught farming and occupational skills

Ashley down Orphanage
Girls playing in the field adjoining the orphanage at Ashley Down, near Bristol

Asylum Dining Hall
The dining room of the Asylum, or House of Refuge, at Lambeth, for the reception of friendless and deserted girls

Broadmoor Asylum
Broadmoor, near Sandhurst, Berkshire

Colney Hatch
Entertainment for the patients at the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch

Barnardo Girls Ironing
Barnardo girls learning domestic skills at Dr Barnardos Girls Village Home, Barkingside (on the outskirts of London)

Barnardo Children
Barnardo children - rescued from the streets and cared for in Dr Barnardos homes

Larbert Asylum / Scotland
The Larbert Asylum, Scotland. The communal dining hall

London Asylum / Grant / 1838
Interior of an unnamed lunatic asylum in London: inmates draw on the walls, look up at the high windows or read distractedly

ST. LUKEs HOSPITAL / 1810
St. Lukes hospital, London: patients in the gallery

Patient Attacks Doctor
Mental patient attacks a doctor at the Clermont hospital in France

Asylum of St. Anne / 1871
Female patients in the grounds of Sainte-Anne asylum in Paris

Bethlehem / Workroom / 1860
The workroom, Bethlehem hospital; women sit around a large table doing their embroidery, whilst others play the piano

Bethlehem Hospital / 1860
Front view of Bethlehem hospital

Bethlehem Hospital / 1829
New Bethlehem hospital, St. Georges Fields, as rebuilt, 1815

LA Salpetriere, Paris
Inmates of La Salpetriere, one of Pariss asylums for the mentally afflicted : later in the century this will be where Charcot conducts his influential researches

Insane Patients
Mental patients in the grounds of a French asylum - almost certainly the Hopital Saint- Anne, on the outskirts of Paris

Benefactress
Dressed in their best clothes, some orphans are brought by a nun to thank their benefactress for her kindness

English Madhouse / Mid C18
Scene in the courtyard of an English mad-house

Foundling Hospital
The Foundling Hospital, London

Foundling Hospital Lond
Children of the Foundling Hospital, London, enjoy their meal despite the number of sightseers

Sunbathing Foundlings
At the Foundling Hospital site in Guildford Street, London, is a sunbathing centre for tiny Londoners, where many babies enjoy sunbathing

Bethlehem Hospital / 1750
Hospital for the insane, known as Bedlam

Sainte-Anne Asylum / 1871
Sainte-Anne asylum on the outskirts of Paris - the quarter for violent and insane patients

Bedlam / Womans Gallery
The womens gallery

Broadmoor / Male Rec. Room
BROADMOOR ASYLUM - Mens Recreation Room

Scene at La Salpetriere in Paris
A scene at La Salpetriere, Paris, where Philippe Pinel orders the manacles removed from the mental patients

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