Royal Chest Hospital

The Royal Chest Hospital was a hospital in City Road, London. It operated from 1814 until 1954.

For the active hospital in East London, see London Chest Hospital.

Royal Chest Hospital
Geography
LocationCity Road, London, England
Coordinates51.529°N 0.093°W / 51.529; -0.093
Organisation
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityDiseases of the chest
History
Opened1814
Closed1954
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital was founded by Isaac Buxton in 1814[1] as the Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption and other Pulmonary Diseases.[2] At first it had only eight beds and Buxton was its only physician for the first six years of its existence. It was located in Union Street, Spitalfields, before moving to City Road in 1849.[3] It became the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest in 1859 shortly before the structure was rebuilt in 1862.[2] It became the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest in 1867 and the Royal Chest Hospital in 1919.[2] It amalgamated with the Royal Northern Hospital and, following damage from bombing sustained during the Second World War, it joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] It closed in 1954 and the building has since been demolished.[2]

References
  1. Waddington, Keir. (2000). Charity and the London Hospitals, 1850-1898. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-86193-246-7.
  2. "Royal Chest Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. "Isaac Buxton, 1773-1825. Founder of the Royal Chest Hospital", by Norah Schuster in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, April 1955, pp. 16-18.

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