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Authorized form of name
Saint Luke's Hospital , Chelsea x Saint Luke's Workhouse
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Dates of existence
History
A workhouse for St Luke's Parish, Chelsea, was first constructed in 1737. An infirmary was added in 1872. In 1930 the workhouse was taken over by the London County Council, while in 1948 it became part of the new National Health Service (NHS) as Saint Luke's Hospital, Chelsea. It was managed by the South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and the Chelsea and Kensington Hospital Management Committee. Saint Luke's was closed in 1974.
Source of information: Peter Higginbotham at The Workhouse website.