Josef Jakobs: An Invalid at Dulwich Hospital, London

updated 3 April, 2019 History of Dulwich Hospital St. Saviour’s Union Infirmary (a workhouse hospital) was was built in 1885 in East Dulwich Grove. It was designed by local architects, Henry Jarvis & Sons, and opened in 1887 with a capacity of 723 beds. The infirmary was constructed with a pavilion layout: a large administrative block with two wings was flanked on either side by a pair of three-storey wards in the Florence Nightingale style. The twenty four wards contained 26-30 beds along with a two-bed isolation ward. In 1902, the hospital was renamed the Southwark Union Infirmary. Dulwich Hospital ca. 1900 from Penoyre Prasad website. During World War I, the infirmary was requisitioned by the War Office and transformed into Southwark Military Hospital. The number of beds was increased to 820 and about 12,522 wounded soldiers passed through the hospital, of whom only 199 died. Southwark Military Hospital (Dulwich Hospital) ca. 1914-1918 - from Gillies Archives