The hospital was founded by Isaac Buxton in 1814[1] as the Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption and other Pulmonary Diseases.

It was located in Union Street, Spitalfields, before moving to City Road in 1849.

[3] It became the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest in 1859 shortly before the structure was rebuilt in 1862.

[2] It amalgamated with the Royal Northern Hospital and, following damage from bombing sustained during the Second World War, it joined the National Health Service in 1948.

[2] Media related to Royal Chest Hospital at Wikimedia Commons