Royal Victoria Hospital Farm Colony, Polton, Scotland

Patients planting seed potatoes near the pig enclosure at the Farm Colony 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

Ailment Combating Consumption Cure Digging Digs Jul16 Lasswade Method Midlothian Patients Pigs Planting Polton Potato Potatoes Recuperation Sanatoria Sanatorium Scheme Seed Therapy Treat Treating Tuberculosis Wellbeing

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