2 Antiquarian Society, Somerset Place 1751
3 Society or Trustees of the British Museum 1753
4 Society of Artists of Great Britain, Strand 1765
5 Royal Academy of Arts, Somerset Place 1773
6 Society for the encouragement of Learning, Crane-Court, Fleet-street.
7 Society for encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi Buildings.
8 Medical Society of London, Bolt-court, Fleet-street 1773
9 Society for the improvement of Naval Architecture.
10 Veterinary College, near St. Pancras Church.
11 Royal Inst.i.tution for applying the Arts to the common purposes of Life 1799
4. Asylum for the Indigent and Helpless.
107 Alms-houses endowed at different periods, where 1352 old men and women are supported; the princ.i.p.al of these houses are,--_The Trinity Alms-houses_, for 28 decayed Ship Masters, in Mile End; _Bancroft"s Alms-houses_, Mile End, for 24 Poor Men; _Fishmongers" Alms-houses_, Newington b.u.t.ts; _Haberdashers" Alms-houses_, in Hoxton; _Jeffries" Alms-houses_, Kingsland Road; _Sir John Morden"s College_, for decayed Merchants, at Blackheath; _Emanuel_, or _Lady Dacre"s Hospital_, Tothilfields, Westminster.
1 London Workhouse, Bishopsgate-street, for decayed old Men.[181]
1 Bridewell Hospital, an Asylum for Apprentices to different trades, Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
1 Charter-house Hospital, an Asylum for 80 indigent persons, in Charter-house Square, _founded_ 1611
1 Scottish Hospital for decayed Natives of Scotland, in Crane-court, Fleet-street.
1 Welsh Hospital, for decayed Natives of Wales, in Gray"s Inn Lane.
1 French Hospital, for decayed Frenchmen, in St.
Luke"s, Middles.e.x 1719
1 Foundling Hospital, for deserted Infants, Lamb"s-Conduit-street 1739
1 Magdalen Hospital, for the admission of seduced Females, St. George"s Fields 1769
1 Lock Asylum, for penitent Female Patients, cured in the Lock Hospital 1787
1 Chelsea Hospital, for worn-out and disabled Soldiers 1670
1 Greenwich Hospital, for worn-out and disabled Seamen 1694 --- 118 ---
[Footnote 181: London Workhouse is a large building, which might, with great advantage, be turned into a house of industry, or Penitentiary House for Petty offenders, for which purpose it was used in ancient times. Although it is said to be sufficient to lodge about 500 people, it is now used only as an asylum for a few old persons; and is a sinecure for the Keepers and Officers, who live comfortably as the servants of the Community without doing any good. This house is amply endowed by a power of levying contributions on all the parishes for its support.]
ASYLUMS FOR SICK, LAME, DISEASED, AND FOR POOR PREGNANT WOMEN.
Hospitals for Sick, Lame, and Diseased, and Pregnant Women.
1. St. Bartholomew"s Hospital, in West Smithfield, for the reception of afflicted and diseased Persons 1539
2. St. Thomas"s Hospital, Southwark, for the reception of sick and lame, especially sailors 1553
3. Guy"s Hospital, Southwark, for sick and impotent persons; and lunatics 1721
4. London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, for the reception of all persons meeting with accidents 1740
5. St. George"s Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, for the reception of sick and lame 1735
6. Westminster General Infirmary, James-street, Westminster, for sick and diseased persons 1719
7. Middles.e.x Hospital, Charles street, near Oxford-street, for sick and lame, and pregnant women 1745
8. Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Turnpike, for persons afflicted with the venereal disorder 1746
9. Hospital Misericordia, Goodman"s-fields, for the same purpose 1774
10. Small-pox Hospital, St. Pancras, for inoculation of poor persons 1746
11. London Lying-in Hospital, Aldersgate-street, for poor _married_ women 1750
12. City of London Lying-in Hospital, Old-street, City Road, _Idem._ 1751
13. British Lying-in Hospital, Brownlow-street, Long-Acre, _id._ 1749
14. Westminster Lying-in Hospital, Surry Road, Westminster Bridge, for poor pregnant women _generally_.
15. Queen"s Lying-in Hospital, Bayswater Hall, Oxford Road, _id._
16. Lying-in Hospital, Store-street, Tottenham Court Road, _id._ 1767
17. Lying-in Charity, for delivering pregnant women at their own houses; _W. Manning_, Esq. Governor; Physician, Dr. _Sims_, Blackfriars 1757
18. Society for delivering married women in their own habitations, by whom 32 midwives are employed, No. 18, Strand 1757
19. Bethlem Hospital, for Lunatics, Moorfields 1558
20. St. Luke"s Hospital for Lunatics, Old-street Road 1751
21. Samaritan Society for relieving Persons discharged from Hospitals 1791
22. Society for visiting and relieving the Sick in their own Houses.
Dispensaries for Sick, Lame, and Diseased.