Longmore Hospital for Incurables, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

37870

Title

Longmore Hospital for Incurables, Edinburgh

Description

Text reads,
'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'.

Artist / maker

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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