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Dr Nathaniel Heckford 1842 - 1871 was a Paediatrician in Victorian London , who founded the '''East London Hospital for Children'''. The hospital started in 1868 in a warehouse in Ratcliffe , and moved after his death (of Consumption ) to Glamis Road, Shadwell . It was the first London hospital for children under two years of age. The hospital became part of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in 1942, and was closed in 1963. Heckford Street, off the east end of The Highway , commemorates him. Created in the early 21st Century , it is a small business park, mostly occupied by electrical and building trades. |
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