Union Workhouse, Bakewell, DerbyshireBakewell Union workhouse. The porter and two other men stand at the entrance, while another stands at the left near a wheelbarrow
Middlesex Hospital entrance, Mortimer Street, LondonMiddlesex Hospital main entrance hall, Mortimer Street, London. Date: circa 1910s
Middlesex Hospital Chapel, Mortimer Street, LondonMiddlesex Hospital Chapel, western view, Mortimer Street, London. Date: circa 1910s
Whipps Cross Infirmary, Leytonstone, East London -- front entrance. Date: circa 1910
St Bartholomews Hospital courtyard, London, with patients resting in the open air. Date: circa 1910s
Westminster Hospital opening April 1939A great event in hospital history the new Westminister Hospital will be open on 20th April 1939 by His Majesty King accompanied by Her Majesty The Queen
Charing Cross Hospital, Agar Street, LondonCharing Cross Hospital, Agar Street, near the Strand, London (now Charing Cross Police Station). Date: circa 1905
Oyster Catch / WhitstableOysters, found to be a valuable remedy for the influenza epidemic, are sorted and packed by fishermen in Whitstable, Kent, for distribution to the hospitals
Congleton Union Workhouse, Arclid, CheshireAerial view of Congleton Union workhouse at Arclid, Sandbach, Cheshire. The building, erected in 1844-5, was designed by Henry Bowman. It later became Arclid Hospital
MAB First Ambulance InteriorInterior of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)A woman cyclist first aid scout of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), riding along in her distinctive uniform. The FANY was created in 1907 as a first aid link between front-line fighting units
Union Workhouse, Newport Pagnell, BuckinghamshireThe Newport Pagnell Union workhouse was erected in 1836 at the junction of London Road and North Crawley Road. It later became Renny Lodge Hospital
St Bartholomews Hospital, Henry VIII Gate 1886St Bartholomews Hospital, Henry VIII Gate, completed in 1702, entrance to the hospital continues to be the main public entrance;
St Barts Hospital GateThe Gatehouse of St Bartholomews Hospital, Smithfield, London
ST. BARTS / 1721 / PLANA general external view of the buildings which make up Saint Bartholomews Hospital in Smithfield, London
Union Workhouse, Birkenhead, CheshireBirkenhead Union workhouse viewed from Church Road, Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire. A group of children stand in the foreground, with the workhouse infirmary behind them
Ward at Kings CollegeWigram ward of Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E. London
Charity BootblacksTo raise money for hospitals, English girls offer their services as shoeblacks to passing gentlemen in the streets of London
Guys Hospital / Mid C18A general external view of the buildings which make up Guys Hospital
Hospital / Gt Ormond StHospital for sick children, GT Ormond St
Blitz in London -- AFS personnel receiving treatment, WW2With the Blitz still at its height, Londons firefighters and fire support crews are removed to local hospitals for emergency treatment after receiving injuries fighting the fires started by enemy
Union workhouse, Market Harborough, LeicestershireThe Market Harborough Union workhouse. The inscription on the pediment reads HARBOROUGH UNION WORKHOUSE 1836. At the doorway stands a man and a woman, presumably the master and matron
Sanitas disinfecting fluid advertisement, WW1Advertisement for The Sanitas Co. Ltd and Sanitas Disinfecting Fluid, indispensible in sick room and nursing wards for sponging the sick, washing wounds and sores
Haslar Naval Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire. 1876
Lady Stradbroke, nursing matron at Henham Hall, WW1Lady Stradbroke, formerly Helena Fraser and wife of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, pictured with three nurses at the family home of Henham Hall in Suffolk
Advertisement for clothing and bedding disinfectorAn 1880 trade advertisement for a disinfector by made by Nelson and Sons of Leeds. The device, used by workhouses, hospitals and prisons
Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, south west LondonAdministration block of the Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, south west London (originally in Surrey), one of five new hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1890s for the treatment
Grove Military Hospital, Tooting Grove, SurreyChildren stand at the gates of the Grove Hospital at Tooting Grove, Surrey (now South London) during its First World War service as a military hospital
Grove Fever Hospital, Tooting Grove, SurreyBirds eye view of the Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, Surrey (now South London), one of five new hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1890s for the treatment of infectious
Florence Nightingales carriage at the seat of warBorn in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florences social standing to become
Dr. Elsie Inglis Scottish Womens HospitalsDr. Inglis whose Scottish Womens Hospitals unit arrived in Serbia in January 1915. They were based at Kraguievatz
Barts Hospital GatewayThe principal entrance Date: 1813
Middlesex Hospital Garden, Mortimer Street, London. Date: circa 1910s
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, London Road, DerbyView of the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary in London Road, Derby, with a statue of Florence Nightingale
Duke & Duchess of Connaught visiting Red Cross hospital, WW1The Duke of Connaught, together with his wife, visiting the Kings Canadian Red Cross Hospital near London during the First World War. Date: 1917
Great liners on hospital duty, WW1The Cunard ocean liners, Olympic and Aquitania pictured arriving back on Britains shores during the First World War. Both vessels were converted for use as hospital ships during this time. Date: 1916
Exterior view of Westminster Hospital, London
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1823-1910). British nurse and philanthropist. He organized military hospitals for the injured during the Crimean War (1854-55) and founded in London a nursery school
Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, SurreyThe Grove Hospital, at Tooting Grove, Surrey (now South London) was one of five new hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1890s for the treatment of infectious diseases such as
Paris SalpetriereThe manufactory of saltpeter (potassium nitrate) used to make gunpowder : in the 19th century it will become one of Pariss leading hospitals, associated with Charcot etc
Childrens HospitalNurse attends to four young children
CHILDRENs HOSPITAL / 1902Scene on the ward
Physicians RoomThe Physicians room in the medical outpatient department of the London Hospital in Whitechapel
Poster, National Lottery, France, WW2Poster, National Lottery, France - 10 November draw - support for hospitals during the Second World War Date: 1941
LCC election leaflet, Conservative PartyConservative Party London County Council Election Leaflet, 7 March 1946 Date: 1946
A touching scene in a charitable institution, showing a portrait plaque of Queen Alexandra (Queen-Mother at the time) on the wall of a children's ward in the Alexandra Hospital
Alexandra Ward, St Thomas Hospital, London 1903Alexandra Ward, St Thomas Hospital, London. Photograph showing a girl's wards with comfortable furnishings. Date: 1903
John Hunter (1728 - 1893), Scottish surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He assisted his brother
