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Description: | 27th August 1914.
View looking south. This ward, under construction and nearing completion and situated on the slopes of Wykebeck Valley, was the single "temporary" ward of the Smallpox Hospital. The walls of corrugated iron sheets and the drainage system can be seen. The unit was near to but distinctly separate from the main hospital sanatorium on Killingbeck Hill. The Smallpox compound included Killingbeck Farm, a small new mortuary and a new administration block. All the buildings were demolished during the 20th century and the site is now mostly woodland.
In 1913 it was decided to convert the main hospital for the treatment of Tuberculosis patients. It was thought that fresh air away from the pollution of cities aided the recovery of TB sufferers. Additional information supplied by John Garnett (Source: The 50th Anniversary booklet of the opening of Seacroft and Killingbeck Hospitals, 1954.) | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | tuberculosis Killingbeck Sanatorium isolation smallpox Killingbeck Hill Wykebeck Valley Killingbeck Smallpox Hospital Killingbeck Hospital | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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