South Western Fever Hospital, Stockwell, South London
A porter at the entrance to the South Western Fever Hospital, opened in 1871 on Landor Road, Stockwell, South London. With facilities for fever and smallpox patients, it was the second hospital erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, which in 1869 became responsible for certain classes of the sick poor in metropolitan London. In later years the site became Lambeth Hospital
Picture No
10418963
Media ID
47549415
Size
4708px x 2941px
(1.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard
Date
early 20th century
