Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent
Central administration block of the Joyce Green Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford, Kent. The hospital, opened in 1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, was initially used for smallpox patients, brought from London by river ambulance. Admission was later extended to cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles and whooping cough
Picture No
10418872
Media ID
47549106
Size
4850px x 3046px
(1.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard published by Snowden
Date
early 20th century
