Health Collection (page 17)

Wordsley Hospital, Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Main building and clock tower at Wordsley Hospital at Kingswinford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, which was previously the Stourbridge Union workhouse

Bagthorpe Military Hospital, Nottingham
Soldiers and nurses pose in front of the Bagthorpe Military Hospital - the First World War guise of Nottinghams workhouse infirmary, now part of the City Hospital

Wayland Hospital, Attleborough, Norfolk
Wayland Hospital, originally the Wayland Unions workhouse infirmary, erected at Attleborough, Norfolk, in 1912-13

St Lukes Military Hospital, Halifax, West Yorkshire
St Lukes Hospital at Skircoat, Halifax, West Yorkshire, during its First World War occupation as a military hospital. It opened in 1901 as the Halifax Union workhouse infirmary

Union Workhouse, Rugby, Warwickshire
The Rugby Union workhouse on Lower Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire. The view, seen from the Guardians Board Room, shows the main workhouse building (right of centre)

Medical examination, WW1
A young man in subjected to a medical examination by a uniformed official of the U.S army

No Catch
The man who made up his mind not to catch the flu by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

All Aboard for Margate
Illustration by F. Matania showing the New Palace Steamer, the Koh-i-noor leaving Old Swan Pier for Margate, 1906. The Sphere dubbed the trip as the voyage down the river which brings health to tired

Royal Bath Hospital, Harrogate, Yorkshire
The Royal Bath Hospital, opened in 1824 at Harrogate, Yorkshire, to provide spa treatment for the poor. It was rebuilt in 1889 and closed in 1994. Date: 1940s

Boundary Park Hospital, Oldham, Lancashire
Arched entrance to Boundary Park Municipal Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham, Lancashire. The hospital began life in 1851 as the Oldham Union workhouse

Mesmer conducting a baquet in Paris
Franz Anton Mesmer (1734 - 1815), German physician and hypnotist, treating patients in a group, in a session which he called a baquet (named after the large vessel in the middle of the room)

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