Site: Royal South London Dispensary for the Working Poor (1 memorial)
SE1, Lambeth Road, 52, School of Historical Dress
The School of Historical Dress purchased the freehold in 2016. From their Facebook page: The building was erected in 1841 as The Royal South London Dispensary for the Working Poor. It has four floors, three of which have a splayed ward at one end. ...
"In 1916/17 the building was annexed by the Bethlehem Hospital (now the Imperial War Museum opposite us) as the Hospital for Nervous Diseases, which we suspect meant that men returning from the First World War were treated here for PTSD. More recently the building has served as a hostel and community centre for homeless people."
Bethlem Museum of the Mind holds: "Register of outpatients attending the Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Bethlem's outpatient department based at 52 Lambeth Road from 1919 to 1927."
