Union Infirmary, Wigan, Lancashire
The Wigan Union infirmary, Upholland Road, Wigan - an unusual composite of two photographs. The infirmary, later known as Billinge Hospital, was opened in 1906 to provide medical facilities for the sick poor away from the workhouse. The separate doors and dividing wall in the yards between adjacent blocks segregated different categories of inmates
Picture No
10416176
Media ID
47518481
Size
5158px x 2173px
(1.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard
Date
circa 1907
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Blocks Dividing Infirmary Inmate Inmates Patients Segregated Segregation Separate Wigan Yards
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