History :
The Old Clinic, was built as the first University Hospital in Finland. The hospital was meant to be a general- and chirurgical hospital. A separate maternity hospital was built at the same site Both hospitals opened up in 1833. At the end of 1830´s new wings for venereal diseases as well as for the province hospital of Uusimaa were added to the main building The Old clinic was separated from the University in 1848, but the hospital activities continued.After the IInd world war the clinic was mainly used as a clinic for dermatology and venereal diseases. The hospital activities were laid down in 1980´s and the house was renovated for the Helsinki University, today housing the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Architecture :
The Old Clinic represents the Finnish empire style in a very modest way. The two-storeyed mainbuilding stands on the highest point of the site and the lower wings for houskeeping etc east to it, on both sides of a squadron yard. After building oft the new wards in late 1830´s the house became one unit. On the eastern side of the site are still the former maternity hospital and a laundry-building from 1890´s.