3-008-453 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Royal Hospital for Incurables at Putney, 1862. 'Previously to [the] establishment [of what is now known as the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability], while there were hospitals professedly for the cure of all diseases, there was no relief for the destitute sufferer who was pronounced incurable. His increasing infirmity and the pressure of public business, already immense, were no bar to Dr. Reed's exertions in behalf of this new class of sufferers...This hospital, now in full operation, was designed to meet the requirements of two classes of cases - those who needed total relief, and those who, in less dependent circumstances, might be contented with an allowance at their own homes. The total number relieved since the opening of the institution is 234. There are at present 149 patients; and the income of the charity is upwards of £7000'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.