The medical institutions of Glasgow : a handbook prepared for the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, held in Glasgow, August, 1888 / compiled and edited at the request of the local committee by James Christie.

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[1889]
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Credit: The medical institutions of Glasgow : a handbook prepared for the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, held in Glasgow, August, 1888 / compiled and edited at the request of the local committee by James Christie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    After the usual trouble in obtaining a site, during which the epidemic spread rapidly, from cases being treated at home, the estate of Belvidere, extending to about 32 acres, was purchased for £17,000, converted to a ground annual of £680. Although the intention was ultimately to erect a permanent structure, the necessities of the occasion were so urgent that wooden pavilions of the most temporary descrip- tion had to be run up. These were occupied as completed, until, in three months, 366 beds were provided and filled. The old mansion house and offices accommodated the administra- tive departments with some alterations and extensions. The present Small-Pox Hospital was the first erection in permanent material at Belvidere. The hospital off Parlia- mentary Road was reserved for small-pox after the relapsino- fever epidemic subsided, but, owing to the rapid extension of the town in its neighbourhood, it had come to be closely environed with dwelling houses. A grave suspicion soon arose that the disease was disseminated in the vicinity, which led to a resolution in November, 1873, to build a Small-Pox Hospital. A deputation was appointed to visit and inspect the best examples of hospital construction in England. After they had reported, the plans, as finally adjusted, were submitted to the Board of Supervision and approved, without alteration, in June, 1874. In the following November, operations were begun, and the hospital was completed and formally opened on 5th December, 1877. It contains 150 beds, with 2,000 cubic feet of space for each. There are 10 wards arranged in 5 totally isolated pavilions. These, with the usual administrative accommodation, also broken up into detached blocks, all one storey in heioht except the house for the higher officials, which is two storeys high, are enclosed, with ample recreation space, within a wall. The Small-Pox Hospital has thus no connection