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Leith Hospital, Mill Lane
Unknown, 1905, Photograph
Leith Hospital, Mill Lane
Leith Hospital, Mill Lane
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4703
Title
Leith Hospital, Mill Lane
Description
Nurses tend to women and children in Leith Hospital, Mill Lane, Edinburgh. They are wearing white pinafores and caps. Beds and cots line the walls of the ward. In the foreground two nurses are administer to a patient. A trolley full of medicine and equipment stands at the end of the bed.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1905
Size
16 x 25.2 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Leith Hospital was situated off Mill lane in Leith. It was founded in the mid nineteenth century by the Edinburgh and Leith Humane Society. It served as a general hospital for all patients as well as having an accident unit. The hospital was closed in 1987.
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