Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital
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The '''Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital''' was a hospital provided by the [[Seamen's Hospital Society]] for the care of ex-members of the [[Merchant navy]], the fishing fleets and their dependants.
It was opened in [[1890]] as a branch of the [[Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital]], [[Greenwich]]. The [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|London School of Tropical Medicine]] was established here in October [[1899]], by Sir [[Patrick Manson]] with assistance from the British Secretary of State for the Colonies ([[Joseph Chamberlain]]).<!--
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Together with the [[Hospital for Tropical Diseases]] they moved to Euston in February [[1920]].<!--
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The Hospital was rebuilt in 1937-1938 and became part of [[London Borough of Newham|Newham]] Health District under the City and East London Area Health Authority (Teaching) in [[1974]] and was converted from acute to orthopaedic use. It came under the direct control of Newham Health Authority in [[1981]] and subsequently became a homeward bound mental handicap unit before being demolished in [[1993]].<!--
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==References==
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==See also==
* [[Royal Albert Dock]]
==External links==
* [http://www.pre-construct.com/Contact/About.htm Pre-Construct Archaeology] report on the site's Bronze age [http://www.pre-construct.com/Sites/Summary95/HWAH96.htm findings]
[[Category:Hospitals in London]]
[[Category:London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]]
[[Category:1890 architecture]]