Poplar Hospital

Poplar Hospital was a medical facility opened in East India Dock Road in London, England, in 1855.

It was opened under the patronage of Samuel Gurney, MP, to treat people who had suffered injuries in the docks.

The premises which were leased for the hospital were originally those of the East India Dock Tavern and then subsequently the Custom House.

[1] Under Sydney Holland's chairmanship the hospital was able to expand considerably in the late nineteenth century.

[2][3][4] The hospital was repeatedly expanded to cater for more patients, only being closed in 1975.