Hospitals in Lancashire - Lytham Hospital, Victoria Hospital, Trinity - The Hospice in the Fylde (Paperback)

Chapters: Lytham Hospital, Victoria Hospital, Trinity - the Hospice in the Fylde, Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lytham Hospital (Lytham Cottage Hospital and Convalescent Home), instituted for the relief of the poor when suffering from sickness or accident, was first opened in 1871, funded by Colonel John Talbot Clifton, Squire of Lytham at an original cost of 1,200. The original building was a two storey structure with four wards containing 16 beds. There was an operating room for cases of a severe nature. A mortuary was located in the yard. Details of the original building are available online in a reproduction of a contemporary newspaper article The running of the hospital was originally funded by monies raised by the local community. There is evidence of charitable contributions to support the hospital. In 1734 Elizabeth Layland left 60 for the poor or the education of children, income being derived from a piece of meadow in Freckleton, named Hanning's land. Records show that 2 2s. was given to the cottage hospital each year. The hospital was enlarged in 1882-3 at a cost 700. There were then 25 beds, some of which were made available for patients outside a five miles radius of Lytham for a fee of 12s. 6d. per week. A new ward, in memory of the late Dr. L. Fisher, was subscribed for, and severaladditions and alterations were at a cost of 600. Development work was performed in the 1920s, evidenced by the inclusion of a time capsule in the building that contains artifacts from that time. This was recently unearthed during demolition of the original building, Reproductions of original news articles are available online There are also a nice postcards depicting the hospial Following tr...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=24015611