Building From 1845 To 1987

German Hospital

Categories: Medicine

Opened with 12 beds in 1845. The local German community was very large at this time and nurses were recruited from Germany from the Kaiserworth Institute. Florence Nightingale was so inspired by this place that she enrolled there in 1851. In WW2 concerns about potential German espionage meant that the nursing staff were all arrested and interned on the Isle of Man. Was subsumed into the NHS in 1948. The picture source website gives the history.

Returning from the Congo in 1889 with dysentery Joseph Conrad was treated in this Hospital.

It closed in 1987 and Its services were transferred to the new Homerton Hospital.

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German Hospital

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German Hospital

In commemoration of the German Hospital which served the healthcare of the co...

German Hospital - Duke of Cambridge

The Duke's name crops up quite often around here. Not surprising given his Ge...

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Opening of the BMA building

Event, Medicine

1 memorial

William Moorcroft

Pioneer veterinary surgeon, Asian explorer. Born Lancashire. First Englishman to qualify as a vet, in France, during a revolution. He set up in practice in Oxford Street, creating a horse hosp...

Person, Animals, Exploring, Medicine, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, Uzbekistan

1 memorial

Medical Society of London

Founded by Dr Lettsom. Originally based in the City, the Medical Society moved to its present house, Lettsom House, 11 Chandos Street, in 1873.

Group, Community / Clubs, Medicine

2 memorials

Sir George Frederic Still, KCVO, MD, LLD, FRCP

George Frederic Still was born on 28 February 1868 in Holloway, Middlesex (now Greater London), the fourth of the eight children of George Still (1834-1885) and Eliza Still née Andrew (1834-1914). ...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial

Dr. Dennis Geffen

O.B.E., M.D., D.P.H., Metropolitan Borough of Saint Pancras, 1844 - 1959. Worked in the polio field.

Person, Medicine

1 memorial