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Hospital

London Lock Hospital and Home

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
London Lock Hospital and Asylum
Address
91 Harrow and Dean Street, Soho, London, W9
Previous Locations
Grosvenor Place, London (1746 - 1841)
Harrow Road location was from 1842, and Dean Street from 1862.
Foundation Year
1746
Status
Closed (since 1948)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Not Applicable
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Not Applicable
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Middlesex
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: Charity.

Type

Pre-1948
Other
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: Venereal disease.

Other information

Harrow Road site was the main hospital after the move from Grosvenor Place. Later became the female branch of the hospital and was referred to variously as a 'Rescue Home' and 'Asylum'. Dean Street site was for male, and out-patients.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1896 - 1947
    General
    1896 - 1947

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Brief Guide: Hospital and Charity Annual Reports.
    Annual Reports - Annual Reports Collection SC/PPS/093/34,83
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England

    Record types

    Administrative
    1746 - 1948
    General
    1746 - 1948
    Finance
    1767 - 1948
    Clinical
    1849 - 1851
    Ephemera
    1751 - 1751
    Pictorial
    1746 - 1851

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Dermatological Drawings of Patients 1849 - 1851 (AddMS201)