4. Asylum for the Indigent and Helpless.

107Alms-houses endowed at different periods, where 1352 old men and women are supported; the principal of these houses are,—The Trinity Alms-houses, for 28 decayed Ship Masters, in Mile End; Bancroft's Alms-houses, Mile End, for 24 Poor Men; Fishmongers' Alms-houses, Newington Butts; Haberdashers' Alms-houses, in Hoxton; Jeffries' Alms-houses, Kingsland Road; Sir John Morden's College, for decayed Merchants, at Blackheath; Emanuel, or Lady Dacre's Hospital, Tothilfields, Westminster.
1London Workhouse, Bishopsgate-street, for decayed old Men.[181]
1Bridewell Hospital, an Asylum for Apprentices to different trades, Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
1Charter-house Hospital, an Asylum for 80 indigent persons, in Charter-house Square, founded1611
1Scottish Hospital for decayed Natives of Scotland, in Crane-court, Fleet-street.
1Welsh Hospital, for decayed Natives of Wales, in Gray's Inn Lane.
1French Hospital, for decayed Frenchmen, in St. Luke's, Middlesex1719
1Foundling Hospital, for deserted Infants, Lamb's-Conduit-street1739
1Magdalen Hospital, for the admission of seduced Females, St. George's Fields1769
1Lock Asylum, for penitent Female Patients, cured in the Lock Hospital1787
1Chelsea Hospital, for worn-out and disabled Soldiers1670
1Greenwich Hospital, for worn-out and disabled Seamen1694
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ASYLUMS FOR SICK, LAME, DISEASED, AND FOR
POOR PREGNANT WOMEN.

Hospitals for Sick, Lame, and Diseased, and Pregnant Women.

1.St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in West Smithfield, for the reception of afflicted and diseased Persons1539
2.St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark, for the reception of sick and lame, especially sailors1553
3.Guy's Hospital, Southwark, for sick and impotent persons; and lunatics1721
4.London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, for the reception of all persons meeting with accidents1740
5.St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, for the reception of sick and lame1735
6.Westminster General Infirmary, James-street, Westminster, for sick and diseased persons1719
7.Middlesex Hospital, Charles street, near Oxford-street, for sick and lame, and pregnant women1745
8.Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Turnpike, for persons afflicted with the venereal disorder1746
9.Hospital Misericordia, Goodman's-fields, for the same purpose1774
10.Small-pox Hospital, St. Pancras, for inoculation of poor persons1746
11.London Lying-in Hospital, Aldersgate-street, for poor married women1750
12.City of London Lying-in Hospital, Old-street, City Road, Idem.1751
13.British Lying-in Hospital, Brownlow-street, Long-Acre, id.1749
14.Westminster Lying-in Hospital, Surry Road, Westminster Bridge, for poor pregnant women generally.
15.Queen's Lying-in Hospital, Bayswater Hall, Oxford Road, id.
16.Lying-in Hospital, Store-street, Tottenham Court Road, id.1767
17.Lying-in Charity, for delivering pregnant women at their own houses; W. Manning, Esq. Governor; Physician, Dr. Sims, Blackfriars1757
18.Society for delivering married women in their own habitations, by whom 32 midwives are employed, No. 18, Strand1757
19.Bethlem Hospital, for Lunatics, Moorfields1558
20.St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old-street Road1751
21.Samaritan Society for relieving Persons discharged from Hospitals1791
22.Society for visiting and relieving the Sick in their own Houses.

Dispensaries for Sick, Lame, and Diseased.

1Eastern Dispensary, Whitechapel
2Western Dispensary, Charles-street, Westminster
3Middlesex Dispensary, Great Ailiff-street
4London Dispensary, Primrose-street, Bishopsgate-street
5City Dispensary, Bevis Marks
6New Finsbury Dispensary, St. John-street, Clerkenwell
7Finsbury Dispensary, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell
8General Dispensary, Aldersgate-street
9Public Dispensary, Cary-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields
10Infant Poor Dispensary, Soho-square
11St. James's Dispensary, Berwick-street, Soho
12Westminster Dispensary, Gerard-street, Soho
13Mary-le-bone Dispensary, Well-street, Oxford-street
14Ossulston Dispensary, Bow-street, Bloomsbury
15Surry Dispensary, Union-street, Borough
16Royal Universal Dispensary, Featherstone Buildings, Holborn