Royal United Hospital


Royal United Hospital
A union of Bath Casualty hospital - 1788 - founded in response to the great number of serious injuries sustained by labourers employed on the building of Georgian Bath - located 38 Kings Mead Street
and Bath City Dispensary and Infirmary 1792 (developed from Bath pauer scheme - charity founded 1747 to provide medical treatment for the poor) - occupied a position of Lower Borough Walls
The two buildings merged in 1824 and moved to premises on Beau Street