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In the late 1950's there were some forty wards at Cane Hill Hospital, with a patient population of around 2,500. The
last Physician Superintendent at Cane Hill Hospital, Dr. Alexander Walk decided to give each ward
a name instad of wards being numbered as was the case, in considering the names he decided to use the alphabet A-Z and that each
name also gave an alphabetic clue to the location of a block i.e.
KELLER - First Floor KINGS - Second Floor
BLAKE - Ground Floor
F M Philand Andrewes: Bishop Lancelot Andrewes, whose tomb is in Southwark Cathedral. Blake: William Blake, Poet, Artist and Mystic, lived in Lambeth. Browning: Robert Browning, born in Camberwell. Chaucer: Well-known association of The Canterbury Tales with The Tabart Inn and The Kent Road. Cruden: Alexander Cruden, author of the Concordance to the Bible, buired in Southwark, with a memorial in Southwark Cathedral. Dickens: Many scenes from his books are set in Southwark and Bermondsey. Donne: John Donne, Poet and Dean of St. Paul's lived for a number of years in Peckham Manor House. Ellis: Havelock Ellis, Essayist, Reformer and Psychologist lived for many years at Herne Hill. Faraday: Michael Faraday, famous Scientist, pioneer of Electricity (and therefore of EE and ECT) was born at Newington Butts. Guy: Thomas Guy, Bookseller, founder of Guy's Hospital. Harvard: John Harvard, lived in Southwark, emigrated to New England and founded Harvard University. Hill: Octavia Hill - one of the founders of the National Trust. Hogarth: William Hogarth, Engraver and Painter. Jenner: Edward Jenner, discoverer of Vaccination. This was at one time the Infectious Diseases Ward. Johnson: Dr. Johnson is associated with South London through Barclay's Brewery at Bankside and the Thrale's House at Streatham. Keats: John Keats, the poet, was a Medical Student at Guy's. Keller: Helen Keller, Writer and Social Worker. Kings: King's Hospital in South London.
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