Old Fever Hospital entrance in Mill Lane
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Old Fever Hospital entrance in Mill Lane
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 9 Oct 2011
The imposing entrance to the old Leith Hospital and Infirmary, bearing the date MDCCCL for 1850. The word 'fever' was the medical term used habitually to describe deaths from typhus and scarlet fever. They, along with smallpox, were the big killers of infants in the slums of Leith in the 19th century.
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Image Location
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55.974344
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-3.175921