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

De Grave, Mary

1823-1824

Social History
Social History

Bell weight

1823-1824

Social History
Social History

Bell weight

1826

Social History
Social History

Bell weight

1781

Social History
Social History

Bell weight

1781

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