Oulton Broad former Isolation Hospital villa

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 9 Sep 2022

Municipal isolation hospitals were established from the late 1870s to model plans produced by the Local Government Board. Their rural counterparts like this one at Oulton Broad were smaller, and often attractively laid out with detached villas for administration and nurse's quarters. This is the old Isolation Hospital administration building for the Lowestoft area. Used in the late 1800s and early 1900s to isolate people who had highly contagious illnesses such as smallpox until their recovery or more usually, death. The wards and mortuary are behind other buildings and unseen from the road. Image The hospitals at that time were always built in an isolated location. During World War 2 it was used by the Home Guard. The site is now owned by GXO who use the building as their offices for the Cold Store on the site. My grateful thanks to GXO manager Mark Johnson for allowing me access to the site.

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