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The street has a tradition in healthcare, over the years there have been various hospitals on the street, pioneering establishments for prevention and cure of diseases. The Royal Ear Hospital occupied number 10, an early maternity hospital was also located here and the Lock Hospital too had its base in Dean Street, Lock being a euphemism for venereal disease.
Dean Street is a centre of the creative and advertising industries including film and video editing facilities, especially during the 1960s-1990s.
There have been many music and theatre venues on the street. New Romanticism, a youth fashion movement, began largely through the nightclub Billy's in Dean Street in the late 1970s. The Groucho Club, a private club frequented by people in the arts, is located here, as is the Soho Theatre, presenting new plays and stand up comedy.
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