Health & Disease

Discover how Londoners have faced plagues, pandemics and illness with these objects, stories and blogs.

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Photography
Photography

A boy is weighed at St Dunstan's Treatment Centre (negative)

Grant, Henry

1951-05

Photography
Photography

A dentist attends to his patient, Woodbury Down (negative)

Grant, Henry

1961-05

Photography
Photography

A doctor examines an infant's ear, Burney Street Welfare Centre (negative)

Grant, Henry

1962-12

Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings

A View of the Foundling Hospital (coloured engraving)

Boitard, Louis-Phillippe, Sayer, Robert

1753

Photography
Photography

A young patient with her legs in plaster, Whittington Hospital (negative)

Grant, Henry

1954

Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera

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Nichols and Sons

1840-1850

Port & River
Port & River

African teak wood sample block

1900-1935

Museum of London Archaeology Service
Museum of London Archaeology Service

Albarello

Late Medieval; 14th century

Museum of London Archaeology Service
Museum of London Archaeology Service

Angel (coin)

Tudor; 1509-1538

Roman
Roman

Animal remains

Roman; 2nd century

Post-Medieval
Post-Medieval

Bartmann jug

Post-Medieval; 1550-1699

Port & River
Port & River

Barwood sample block

1900-1935

Post-Medieval
Post-Medieval

Beauvais scraffito albarello (albarello)

Early 16th century

Social History
Social History

Bell weight

1781

Social History
Social History

Bell weight

1781

Social History
Social History

Bell weight

1781

Social History
Social History

Bell weight

De Grave, Mary

1823-1824

Social History
Social History

Bell weight

1823-1824

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