[4] In 1931, Chicago magnate Samuel Insull donated $160,000 to build a new extension, the "Insull Memorial wing"[5] which was designed in the Art Deco style by architect William Binnie.

[6] It was renamed the National Temperance Hospital in 1932[3] and acquired the premises of the St Pancras Female Orphanage and Charity School, located on an adjacent site, in 1945.

[7] It was incorporated into the National Health Service in 1948 under the management of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.

[8] It was briefly considered, but rejected, as a potential site for the National Institute for Medical Research between 2006 and 2007.

[10] In 2017, demolition began as part of the work necessary to clear the area for the proposed High Speed 2 railway line.