Old Photograph Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Princess Beatrice ward in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, Scotland. The hospital opened in 1860, and received a royal charter in 1863, when it moved to the purpose built Meadowside House. In 1890 an outbreak of typhoid forced a temporary removal to Morningside, and Meadowside House was subsequently sold. Plans for a new hospital were put in hand, to designs by George Washington Browne. The Sciennes Road building was opened on 31 October 1895 by Princess Beatrice. The hospital celebrated its 150th birthday in 2010.



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