This hospital is on the Surrey side of Westminster Bridge. It was instituted by subscription in the year 1765. The qualifications of governors are various. An annual subscription of three guineas entitles to recommend three in-patients, three out-patients at their own habitations, and any number for advice, and to vote at elections. A subscription of thirty guineas constitutes a governor for life, entitled to recommend yearly three in-patients, three at their own habitations, and any number for advice, and to vote at elections.
Source: Leigh's New Picture of London. Printed for Samuel Leigh, 18, Strand;
by W. Clowes, Northumberland Court. 1819