Privately endowed or publicly funded institutions receiving and supporting the aged or infirm poor. They sometimes functioned as centers of health care before the establishment of formal hospitals.
    

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Bede House, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire: architectural details. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1858, after F.T. Dollman.

The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: the north facade and lawn. Coloured lithograph, 1849.

Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.

Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving, 1720.

Poor House Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England: with floor plan. Photolithograph by W. & A.K. Johnston, 1874.

Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.

Haberdasher's Almshouse (Aske's Hospital), Hoxton, London. Etching by J. Ralph.

Quando o rico se faz pobre : misericórdias, caridade e poder no império português, 1500-1800 / Isabel dos Guimarães Sá.

The journal of the stated preacher to the Hospital and Almshouse in the city of New-York : for the year of our Lord 1811.

A case book of the Philadelphia Almshouse Infirmary : Dr James Rush attending physician / R.M. Price.

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Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.

Haberdasher's Almshouse (Aske's Hospital), Hoxton, London. Etching by J. Ralph.

Quando o rico se faz pobre : misericórdias, caridade e poder no império português, 1500-1800 / Isabel dos Guimarães Sá.

The journal of the stated preacher to the Hospital and Almshouse in the city of New-York : for the year of our Lord 1811.

A case book of the Philadelphia Almshouse Infirmary : Dr James Rush attending physician / R.M. Price.