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From: Don Aitken <>
Subject: Re: Jock Hospital?
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:37:21 +0000
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 00:05:34 -0000, "Hans Norton"
<> wrote:

>It was the Lock Hospital, Paddington. The last buildings were only
>demolished a few years ago. It was at 283 Harrow Road near the present
>Westminster Council One Stop Shop and just before Woodfield Rd if
>travelling West. At the time of which you write it specialised in the
>treatment of venereal disease. Your great grandmother could easily have
>been a nurse or otherwise employed at the hospital, which had a large
>workforce. There is a good description with references on p247 of the
>Victoria County History, Middlesex, Vol 9.

So there is. Now online at
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22673

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