Several hospitals existed at Hackney prior to the present hospital at Homerton Row. Hackney’s first hospital was founded in 1280, called the Kingsland Leper Hospital and was one of ten leper hospitals set up in London. It was eventually closed in 1760. The Hackney Hospital known at various times as the workhouse infirmary and later as the Hackney Institute functioned at Homerton High Street between 1750 and 1995, before the services were transferred to the current hospital.