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In 1865, Atkinson Morley, a wealthy hotel-owner and governor of St. George's Hospital, left £150,000 in his will for the provision of a convalescent hospital. Using the money, land next to Copse Hill in Wimbledon was purchased, and the hospital was completed and opened in 1869.
During WW2, a neurosurgery unit was established, and the hospital remained open until October 2003, when services were transferred to a newly built hospital nearby.
At present (April 2007), a private developer (Laguna Quays Ltd.) now owns the site, and has submitted a planning application to the local council. If approved, it will result in the building being converted into a private hospital specialising in fertility, paediatrics and maternity services.
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Image reference: CRW_3616
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The Intensive Therapy Unit - the very first room you see as you enter the hospital via a shrub-covered back entrance. |
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A dual clock (one face showing hours and minutes, the other showing minutes and seconds) and control panel in one of the operating theatres. |
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A dark and eerie corridor, which would once have been teeming with patients and medical staff. |
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The hospital morgue. |
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Another view of the stainless steel table, which served such a gruesome purpose while the hospital was still open. |
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A door-handle... |
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... that opens a door to reveal the refrigerated shelves where the deceased would be kept prior to burial or cremation. |
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The chalkboard in the morgue, now used as a guestbook for explorers who have visited. |
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Image reference: CRW_3668
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The hose used to wash the table after an autopsy. |
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Decorative wrought iron on the roof of the main building. |
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Another view of the ironwork. |
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A very decorative chandelier in the lecture hall. |
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A computer in the neurosurgery unit, which controlled the MRI machine in the adjacent room. |
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The MRI machine, still in pristine condition. |
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Filed paperwork dating back to 1996, stored in an out-building. |
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More rows of filed paperwork. |
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And yet more filed paperwork! |
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And lastly, a metal cage full of boxes that contained specimen slides for microscope analysis. |
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