The Ambrose King Centre was established in 1929 by the London County Council (LCC), and came to be known as the Whitechapel Clinic. It is a department which specifically deals with venereal diseases. The London County Council ran the department until the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948 and afterwards it was run by The London Hospital.
Prior to the establishment of the Ambrose King Centre there had been little treatment for venereal diseases at the hospital and it was only in the 1920s that specific units were set up to deal with such conditions. ‘Venereal Diseases I’ (VD I) was held in the Skin Department and dealt mostly with syphilis and other skin related conditions. ‘Venereal Diseases II’ (VD II) was run by the genito-urinary surgeons and dealt mainly with gonorrhoea and other conditions involving genitalia. Both wards were only open for two afternoons a week, leading…
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