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Longmore Hospital for Incurables, Edinburgh
Unknown, 1903, Postcard
Longmore Hospital for Incurables, Edinburgh
Longmore Hospital for Incurables, Edinburgh
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37870
Title
Longmore Hospital for Incurables, Edinburgh
Description
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'Founded 1875 with 22 beds; enlarged to 50 beds in 1883; enlarged in 1886 to 64 beds; 110 beds in 1893; 150 beds in 1898'.
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Unknown
Date
1903
Size
8.8 x 13.8
Type
Postcard
Reverse text of postcard reads,
'The Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables, Longmore Hospital, Edinburgh, also an hospital for incurable consumption, under construction. 150 patients under treatment. Average cost per occupied bed, £37 per annum.
Ordinary income short of ordinary expenditure by £2000 per annum.
Every 'little' helps.
Subscriptions to Dawson & MacGregor, C. A., 34. York Place, Edinburgh, who will be glad to afford any further information.
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