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The London Throat Hospital was founded in 1887 by Dr. William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900), an American surgeon who had settled in London in 1868, and Dr. Edward Woakes (1837-1912), a distinguished otologist, George Stoker (who would later establish the Oxygen Hospital) and others.  The Hospital had four beds and also had premises at 72 Bolsover Street, almost adjacent to the building in Great Portland Street.

In 1904, the King's Fund proposed that the five ENT hospitals in London (the Central London Throat and Ear Hospital, the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, the Royal Ear Hospital, the London Throat Hospital and the Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital) should amalgamate.  Negotiations began between the Royal Ear Hospital and the London Throat Hospital, but by 1913 these had broken down.  

In 1918 the London Throat Hospital  merged with the Throat Hospital in Golden Square.

Present status (February 2009)

The site now contains modern buildings belonging to the property letting agents Sofia House.

At the corner of Carburton Street and Bolsover Street, the building at 204 Great Portland Street is on the left and 72 Bolsover Street on the right.