The hospital was founded in 1816 and was located on Waterloo Road. The hospital is similar to the one Nelly Ambrose takes her sick child. The hospital was designed to be a space for women and children to seek medical help. Many hospitals at the time would not accept children, so founder, Dr. John Bunnell Davis decided to take in any age of child including infants. The building had four stories with two wards for in-patients. The name of the hospital changed several times, but its mission to aid in the medical needs of women and children never did. In July 1976 the hospital officially closed.

“Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women.” Lost Hospitals of London, Webmaster, 30 Oct. 2021, https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/royalwaterloo.html. 

Harkness, Margaret. A City Girl, edited Tabitha Sparks. Broadview editions 1887.