General Laboratories, Bacteriological Institute, Caine Lane, Hong Kong

General Laboratories, Bacteriological Institute, Caine Lane, Hong Kong

Identifier

NA16-074

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-074. Image from an album in The National Archives referenced as ‘HONG KONG 3. Views of Hong Kong from the 1860s to the 1920s' (CO 1069-446). The Bacteriological Institute was built in 1906. It was renamed as Pathological Institute after the Second World War. The headquarters moved to Victoria Road in 1960 but vaccines were still produced in this building until the 1970s. It is now the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences (香港醫學博物館). More information about the building can be found at: https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/hong-kong-island/monuments_41/index.html. See NA16-073, NA16-075, NA16-076 and NA16-077.

Caption in album or on mount

THE BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE / THE GENERAL LABORATORIES

Location

Hong Kong

Estimated Date

1906-1910

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The National Archives, London