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| St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics | |
|---|---|
 St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics on Old Street London. The obelisk spire of St Luke's Church can be seen in the background. | |
  Location within Islington | |
| Geography | |
| Location | St Luke's, Islington, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°31′32″N 0°5′23″W / 51.52556°N 0.08972°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Mental health |
| History | |
| Opened | 1751 |
| Closed | 2011 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics was founded in London in 1751 for the treatment of incurable pauper lunatics by a group of philanthropic apothecaries and others. It was the second public institution in London created to look after mentally ill people, after the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlem (Bedlam), founded in 1246.[1][2]
- ^ St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Victorian London, Lee Jackson, Accessed July 2011
- ^ Andrews, Jonathan; Briggs, Asa; Porter, Roy; Tucker, Penny; Waddington, Keir (1997), The History of Bethlem Hospital, London: Routledge, p. 276, ISBN 9780415017732