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Helen Boyle and Lewes Road Hospital blue plaque

Brighton, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom

Helen Boyle and Lewes Road Hospital blue plaque

In 1905 this house became the Lewes Road Hospital. Opened by Dr Helen Boyle it was the first in England to care for poor women suffering nervous breakdown. In 1912 it moved to larger premises in Hove.

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