The hospital was founded as the infirmary for the St Leonard’s Shoreditch Workhouse in 1777.

[1] It had become known as St Leonard's Hospital by 1920 and came under the management of London County Council in 1930.

[1] It was the first hospital to receive casualties during the Blitz and then joined the National Health Service in 1948.

[1] Nevertheless the building continues to provide services on behalf of Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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