Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Hello to anyone who has not gone to the Costa something, beach or just shopping!
Can anyone throw light on this hospital which existed during WW1?

"died of TB at the City Hospital, Park Hill, Toxteth Park on 12 September 1917 aged 36."
This is a military query, which may crop up here again in more detail.

D

From the site http://www.british-history.ac.uk

"The Royal Southern Hospital was founded in 1841; the first building was in Parliament Street, close to the docks. The present buildings in Grafton Street were opened in 1872. Not far from them is the City Hospital, under the management of the corporation; at Parkhill, Dingle, is the Infectious Diseases Hospital.

From: 'Townships: Toxteth Park', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3 (1907), pp. 40-45. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report ... mpid=41287 Date accessed: 10 August 2009."

The 1901 census has it's own entry for this Hospital, address given is South Hill Road.

From the http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/ forum, where somebody is looking after the old Toxteth.net content
"Infectious Diseases Hospital - South Hill Road

Varyingly named, it appears on the 1905-08 map series under the above name, and in Gore's directories as 'City Hospital' or 'City Hopsiatal (Park Hill)' at the Dingle Road end of South Hill Road, though without a number. It is not found in, or prior to, 1881. It is not recorded in Gore for 1926 nor after this date. Little is yet know of this hospital, however Gore for 1894 records the following snippet of its history.

"An infectious diseases hospital, erected on land belonging to the Mersey Docks and Habours Board, at Park hill, Dingle, Toxteth park, was opened September 23rd 1884, and is available for 160 patients, 4 wards having been added in 1890; during 1892 439 patients were admitted : the hospital is under the management of the Hospitals committee of Liverpool.""

Thank you Mary for a comprehensive reply. As the patient had TB, that seems to fit.

If it had been a few years later he may well have gone to Fazakerley Hospital where my dad worked on the TB wards which were the old buildings, some of which are still there, and they opened out to the fields/gardens for fresh air. TB patients always had the best food and plenty of it, even when it might have been scarce.

Hi Daggers

There are records for this hospital in The Merseyside Record Office collection. I dont know if there are any admission records. Ill look up the reference for you

There is a pic of the hospital on the Liverpool RO website,


RefNo 352 ENG/2/1024
Title Royal Southern Hospital
Date 29/08/1906
Description A photograph of the Royal Southern Hospital on Caryl Street. The street that runs up the side of the building is Hill Street. Outside the hospital on Hill Street there is a horse drawn carriage.

My gg grandad died there in 1895.

Jan

Jan
Thanks for that info, but I think the hospital I was asking about was earlier and separate from the Southern.
D

Sorry Daggers,

The hospital was in Grafton Street, I think on the corner of Northumberland Street

I found a hospital for infectious diseases in the 1914 directory in Grafton Street.

Found this on the Liverpool RO website

RefNo 614 CIT
Title City Hospital, Grafton Street
Date 1905-1975
Description Two mortuary record books
Extent 2 volumes
AccessConditions Access will be granted to any accredited reader


Jan

City Hospital Park Hill, South Hill Road was the Isolation Hospital that overlooked the River Mersey at Dingle Point, just South of Herculaneum Dock. Not to be confused with the other City Hospital Grafton Street, just up the road.
Two pages of "The Engineer" from 1885 are on E-bay. The information is large enough to read without buying.

Park Hill Hospital, plans and illustrations:
p44
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Engineering-1 ... 53eb66175b
p45
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Engineering-1 ... 53eb661774

1891 Census RG 12/2941/90
Name: City Hospital Parkhill
Description: Infectious Disease (Smallpox, Scarlet Fever) Hospital
Where Situated: South Hill Road

1901 Census RG 13/3442/84
Name: The City Hospital Parkhill
Description: Hospital
Where Situated: South Hill Road

The other hospital was at Grafton/Northumberland St.
1901 Census RG 13/3442/74
Name: City Hospital Grafton Street
Description: Hospital
Where Situated: Grafton Street

Thanks for the extra information. My original query was so long ago I shall have to dig deep to find why I posted it!
D

Hello All
I am very interested in finding out more about the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Parkhill which I wonder is the same as Park Hill Sanatorium which is indicated on my grandmother's marriage certificate as where she was living/ working when she got married in 1921.
Can anyone verify that these are one and the same and where I might be able gain further info and view staff records/ photographs?
Many thanks
Rob Wilson

I believe these would be one and the same although I was unable to identify it in a Street directory for 1911 which would be the nearest I have. Best I can do is give this link which shows where it was compared to what is there now http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebysi ... ht=BingHyb

I have no idea whether the sort of records you are looking for would have been kept but you could make an enquiry with the Liverpool Record Office https://liverpool.gov.uk/libraries/arch ... y-history/ alternatively contact the current Tropical and Infectious Diseases Unit to see if they have any idea whether records have been kept. http://www.rlbuht.nhs.uk/Tropical%20and ... fault.aspx

Yes, same place,

Accumulated from various sources,

In 1884, £7000 was made available by Liverpool Council for the provision and maintenance of Parkhill Hospital, a temporary hospital for the treatment of smallpox, etc.

In 1885, land was rented from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.

In 1911 and in need of Sanatorium accommodation, 200 beds were provided at Parkhill Hospital.

The National Archives hold records for, Parkhill Hospital, Temporary Council School for Tuberculous Children, 1915-21