The Poplar Hospital for Accidents in 1858. |  |  |  | | The Poplar Hospital for Accidents shortly after its opening in 1858, as depicted in the 'Illustrated London News'. |
| | A postcard of Poplar Hospital, c. 1904. | |  | | | A coloured postcard of the expanded Poplar Hospital around 1904. On the left is the original 1858 building, still bearing the inscription 'Poplar Hospital for Accidents'. The sign 'Drivers - Kindly walk past hospital' asks cabbies to show consideration for the patients inside. Such courtesy may seem absurd now, but was seen as important at the time. |
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East India Dock gates and Poplar Hospital, c. 1905. | |  | | | The busy gates to the East India Docks, with Poplar Hospital to the left. |
| | The Poplar Hospital for Accidents, 1936. | |  | | | The original Poplar Hospital for Accidents as seen in 1936. This building was destroyed less than five years later, after a raid by German bombers on 10 May 1941. |
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Poplar Hospital, c. 1950. | |  | | | Poplar Hospital in 1950. The original Hospital for Accidents had been destroyed during the Blitz, and had been replaced by more functional buildings. |
| | Demolition of Poplar Hospital, 1982. | |  | | | With the closure of the docks and the redevelopment of the area, Poplar Hospital was closed. Despite the protests of locals, who wanted to save the building as a community resource, the buildings were demolished in 1982. |
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