Grove Hospital
The Grove Hospital, originally the Grove Fever Hospital, was a hospital for infectious diseases opened in Tooting Grove, London.History
The hospital was opened as the Grove Fever Hospital in Tooting Grove, London in 1899. It became the Grove Military Hospital in 1916 before reverting to civilian use as a fever hospital again in 1920. In 1932, Joseph Bramhall Ellison, while working at the hospital, discovered that vitamin A significantly reduces measles mortality in children. It joined the National Health Service as the Grove Hospital in 1948. It became St George's Hospital, Tooting Branch in 1958 and, although two ward blocks remain, most of the premises were demolished in 1973.
