The South London Hospital for Women and Children was a general hospital treating women and children on Clapham Common in London, UK. It was also known as the South London Hospital for Women and the South London Women's Hospital. Founded by Eleanor Davies-Colley and Maud Chadburn in 1912, it always employed an all-woman staff. It closed in 1984.
Read more about South London Hospital For Women And Children: Foundation, Interwar Years and The Second World War, National Health Service and Closure, Redevelopment
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