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Lambeth NHS

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Lambeth NHS

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Dave Squires

Dave Squires, 1949 - 2009, much loved street sweeper. Southbankmosaics Suppor...

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Sir Patrick Manson

Sir Patrick Manson

Born in Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire. Physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitoes and suggested that mosquitoes also spread malaria. Founder of the original London School of ...

Person, Medicine, China/Hong Kong, Scotland

2 memorials
Hospital for Tropical Diseases

Hospital for Tropical Diseases

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases was founded on an ex-naval ship in 1821, before moving to the Royal Greenwich Hospital, and thence to the Endsleigh Gardens site in 1920. Several further moves la...

Group, Medicine

1 memorial
Receiving House

Receiving House

In 1774 a group of London doctors, concerned at the number of people who were mistakenly being given up for dead, wanted to promote new techniques of resuscitation. They decided to concentrate on d...

Building, Medicine, Tragedy

1 memorial
Nelson Hospital

Nelson Hospital

Originally known as the South Wimbledon, Merton and District Cottage Hospital. It opened with six beds and two cots. It was renamed in 1905 to commemorate the centenary of Nelson's victory at the B...

Building, Medicine

1 memorial
Old Operating Theatre

Old Operating Theatre

It was a conversion of part of the garret of St Thomas's Church in 1822. The odd location is explained by the fact that it abutted the female surgical ward of St Thomas's. The hospital began to mov...

Place, Medicine

1 memorial