Hyde Hospital
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Hyde Hospital
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 10 Nov 2012
Hyde Isolation Hospital was built in 1886 and was known as a "Fever Hospital". By 1929 it was known as Hyde Infectious Diseases Hospital. From 1948-1955 it was known again as Hyde Isolation Hospital. In the late 1980s, wards 1 to 3 were converted into Hyde Nursing Home Image Ward 4 Image, known as the TB ward and some smaller buildings continued to be used by some ancillary service until 1996. The old ward 4 is now being demolished and smaller buildings have already been demolished.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.44518
Longitude
-2.0644