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King Street has been in existence since 1773. It was once home to the Leith Cholera Hospital, and later was home to the surgical wing of Leith Hospital, while nurses' accommodation was provided on the southern side.. The plaque above remembers that this was the birthplace of John Gladstones (later changing his name to Gladstone), son of Thomas Gladstones and father of William Ewart Gladstone.
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Cholera and Typhoid - Were the rich just as likely to catch diseases as the poor? - educational resource
Cholera in the History of Edinburgh by John Anderson 1858