Dulwich Hospital
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Dulwich Hospital
Image: © Marathon Taken: 14 Sep 2011
Dulwich Hospital in East Dulwich Grove was designed by Henry Jarvis and built on seven acres of land purchased by the Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of St Saviour, Southwark, for the price of £50,000 in 1885. At the time of opening in 1887, it had 723 beds. It was transformed from an infirmary into the Southwark Military Hospital during the First World War, when it is estimated 14,000–15,000 wounded soldiers were treated at the hospital. It has a beautifully kept war memorial in front of the hospital commemorating those soldiers who died here - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2605542. After the Poor Law was abolished in 1930, the Southwark Union Infirmary was renamed Dulwich Hospital.
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Image Location
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51.458449
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-0.081419