Royal Victoria Hospital Farm Colony, Polton, Scotland
Patients and their outdoor sun beds at The Royal Victoria Hospital, founded in 1894 and Polton Farm Colony, founded in 1910. Together with the Dispensary these formed the nucleus of the Edinburgh Scheme for combating tuberculosis. In 1914, the Dispensary, Hospital and Farm Colony were given to the City of Edinburgh and the Royal Victoria Tuberculosis Trust was founded. These came under the management of the Royal Victoria and Associated Hospitals NHS Trust in 1948, and the North Lothian District of Lothian Health Board in 1974
Picture No
11100841
Media ID
45561564
Size
5650px x 3582px
(1.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910
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