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Description: | 23 January 1905
Rear view, House of Recovery situated on Beckett Street, between Arthur Street and Burns Street. It was built in 1846 to accommodate and isolate victims of infectious diseases. The overcrowding bad housing and insanitary conditions which fostered disease were prevalent in east Leeds which was the catchment area for this hospital. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Hospital Beckett Street | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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