Renewed interest in community hospitals and continuing controversy surrounding NHS finances make an examination of the hospital in modern history both topical and relevant. With the exception of St Bartholomew's and St Thomas's in London, refounded
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surrounding NHS finances make an examination of the hospital in modern history both topical and relevant. With the exception of St Bartholomew's and St Thomas's in London, refounded in the 16th century, modern hospitals begin with the Westminster (1720) and Edinburgh Infirmary (1729), with provincial emulation initially in the county towns of southern and western England. Forty voluntary general hospitals were founded by 1800 but the correlation between hospital location and industrial population centres remained poor. The map illustrates how
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