The St Paul's Hospital was a medical facility at

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History

The hospital, which was established in

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as St Paul's Hospital for Skin and Genito-Urinary Diseases, opened in August 1898. It moved to the building in Endell Street, previously occupied by the

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, in 1923. It was renamed "St. Paul's Hospital for Diseases (including Cancer) of the Genito-Urinary Organs and Skin" In 1927. It joined the

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in 1948, when it amalgamated with St Peter's Hospital to form the Institute of Urology. The Institute was joined by

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in 1952 and the hospitals became known as "the three Ps." After all urology services were transferred to the

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, St Paul's closed in 1992. The building was later occupied by

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References

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