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Witton Isolation Hospital

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material from the hospital wards and drainage system were examined for smallpox virus, and no clear evidence has so far been obtained to indicate the presence of smallpox virus from any of the samples... it seems to be in the nature of small boys that they are tempted to break into empty buildings and go climbing where they should not.
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that the Microbiological Research Station at Porton, Salisbury, was asked by the senior administrative medical officer of the hospital board and the medical officer of health for the City of Birmingham to investigate the possibilities of smallpox virus surviving at Witton Hospital, and 26 samples of
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On 4 May 1966, the last patient was discharged. During its life as a first-line smallpox hospital Witton had a resident caretaker, but on 2 May 1966 the caretaker resigned. His departure left the facility of ten buildings unguarded, except for the ten feet high perimeter wall. In the middle of 1966,
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Witton Isolation Hospital was used sporadically during the 20th century including the outbreak of smallpox that occurred in the city in 1962. The last cases quarantined there were during January and February 1966, following an outbreak that originated at the
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Millar eventually ordered the facility to be destroyed by fire and on 3 May 1967 – chosen because the wind was blowing from the south, away from the city centre – the buildings were set ablaze by firemen of the
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Built in 1894, Witton Isolation Hospital was initially in a semi-rural district but by the 1930s the site was surrounded by the newly built
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social housing developments. It occupied the site now enclosed by College Road, Brackenbury Road and Plumstead Road.
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After the incident involving children breaking into Witton Isolation Hospital in mid-1966, Birmingham's
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1903 Ordnance Survey map; the location of the hospital is shown in the top right corner.
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In October 1967 an application to redevelop the site for housing was made to the
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Witton Isolation Hospital is located in West Midlands county
Witton
Coordinates
52°32′22″N 1°52′21″W / 52.539353°N 1.872525°W / 52.539353; -1.872525
Care system
Type
Quarantine
quarantine
smallpox
Birmingham

Kingstanding
Perry Common
University of Birmingham Medical School
National Isolation Hospital
Catherine-de-Barnes
Chief Medical Officer
double-decker bus
Birmingham Fire and Ambulance Service
inoculated
kerosene
accelerants
Porton Down
Ministry of Defence
Harold Gurden
Selly Oak constituency
Parliamentary Secretary
Ministry of Health
Julian Snow
Birmingham City Council

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