I'm a big fan of maps me.I just got bought a map of central and south east London from about 1890 that shows my neck of the woods on it. The picture here is centred on the quasi-conservation area north of the New Cross Road to the west of New Cross Gate station; this shows the full extent of the old hospital which was erected in the late nineteenth-century initially as a small pox hospital for paupers.
Hansard has a small interesting question and response on the topic of land that had just been bought in 1873 for the purpose of building a hospital: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1873/jul/21/metropolis-small-pox-hospital-at-hatcham
Evidently, some residents who had the ear of a local MP were not to keen on the idea of diseased patients roaming within spitting distance of their part of suburbia.
Evidently, some residents who had the ear of a local MP were not to keen on the idea of diseased patients roaming within spitting distance of their part of suburbia.
It has been known as Deptford Hospital in 1877 when it opened, the South East Fever Hospital from 1885, and then New Cross General Hospital in 1949 before dropping the 'general' in 1964. It closed in 1991 and huge parts of it were demolished to make way for residential buildings, with some out-buildings such as nurses accommodation being listed and also being converted to small flats.
Other hints also exist as to it's use as a hospital, such as the close proximity to the Deptford Ambulance station which exits onto New Cross Road just near where it meets the Old Kent Road. The Medical Toxicology Lab and Poisons Unit is still is in use, it's entrance on Avonley Road just down from the old hospital entrance - conveniently located for Hong Kong City just opposite!
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