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Hospitals and workhouses of Exeter - some histories

Page updated 3rd June 2016

RD and E Hospital

The Blue Maids' Hospital School
The Heavitree or City Hospital and Workhouse
City of Exeter Lunatic Asylum (Dunsford Hill)
Exeter City Lunatic Asylum (Digby)
The Exeter Dental Hospital
The Exeter Dispensary
Exe Vale Hospital–Wonford House
The St Mary Magdalene Leper Hospital
Mowbray House Maternity Home
The Old City Hospital and Workhouse
The Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital
The Redhills Hospital and Workhouse
The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
  The first kidney transplant in Exeter
  The first X-Ray and early cancer treatment
The Hospitals of St Alexius and St John
The West of England Eye Infirmary

Sources: A History of the Exeter Hospitals - 1170 to 1948 by P M G Russell, workhouse.org.uk, institutions.org.uk, Exeter Burning by Peter Thomas, the Hotel Barcelona and the Express and Echo.

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