The German Hospital, Dalston, was a hospital in Dalston,

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History

The hospital was established in 1845 to offer free treatment to London’s then large German-speaking community which had a significant presence in the

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. The hospital’s German speaking staff remained on site during the

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, but were interned during the

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with their places taken by British staff. It joined the

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in 1948 and became a psychiatric hospital in 1974. The hospital, popularly known as ‘The German’, closed in 1987 and patients were transferred to

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. Some of its buildings are now used for affordable housing. Parts of the buildings are

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References

* McKellar, Elizabeth (1991), ''The German Hospital Hackney. A Social and Architectural History 1847–1987''. London. * Specht, Maureen (2nd edition 1997), ''The German Hospital in London and the Community it served 1845 to 1948''. Anglo-German Family History Society Publications. * Swinbank, Christiane (2007) ''Medicine, Philanthropy and Religion. Selective Intercultural Transfers at the German Hospital in London, 1845–1914''. In: Stefan Manz, Margit Schulte Beerbühl, John R. Davis (Ed.): ''Migration and Transfer from Germany to Britain 1660–1914'' (Prince Albert Research Publications 3). Munich, pp. 119–130. * Waddington, Keir (2000) ''Charity and the London Hospitals, 1850–1898'' (= Studies in History. New Series). Woodbridge.

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* {{Authority control Defunct hospitals in London Grade II listed hospital buildings Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Hackney Dalston Health in the London Borough of Hackney

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