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City Hospital, Little Bromwich 1911

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Proud to be a Brummie !!
I have been looking for a 4 year old boy ( JOHN HARRIS) on the 1911, he is not with his Father...but I have found a match for him at the City Hospital, Little Bromwich, he is listed as a patient ( only children appear to be listed by the way). Can anyone tell me more about this hospital..was it the forerunner of the children's hospital??

Regards,
Margaret.
 
Not quite sure about this one but i think this was the forrunner to East Birmingham Hospital. Dek
 
As a kid I regularly used to hear what is now Heartlands hospital referred to as Little Bromwich hospital.
 
I'm pretty sure the isolation or TB hospital was in Yardley Green Road almost opposite Belchers Lane on the opposite side of the road to the back entrance to Heartlands
 
The City Hospital, Little Bromwich, is the hospital we now call Heartlands. The City Hospital building is still there at the back, just by the Yardley Green Road entrance. I was in isolation there in 1951 for a couple of months. Visiting was very strict, and my parents could only see me through a small window. Back then the only entrance was on Yardley Green Road.
 
The City Hospital Yardley Road (Little Bromwich Hospital). The 1875 Public Health Act gave the powers for provision of epidemic containment and in 1893 following a severe outbreak of smallpox, building of the hospital was started. It became East Birmingham Hospital in 1966 and now is Birmingham Heartlands.

Yardley Road City Hospital 1900s.jpg
 
I was in Little Bromwich Hospital for six or seven weeks in 1944 with diptheria. I remember one incident very clearly. The beds were very high for a seven year old and difficult to get into without help or a footstool. The kiddy in the next bed to mine had a load of coloured pencils - they would have been like gold dust towards the end of the war. He accidentally dropped several on the floor and obviously couldn't reach them and we were forbidden to get out of bed. There were no staff about so I said with bravado "No problem" and proceeded to clamber out of bed and search for his pencils. A few seconds later I heard him shout "Someone's coming". Too late - I felt the strong arm of the nurse on my shoulder as I struggled to get back into bed. My punishment for that little episode was to be put into a straitjacket for a fortnight!

Maurice
 
I too spent time in Little Bromwich Isolation Hospital when I was 4 years old also with diptheria, I remember the bright red blankets, and being wheeled in our beds to the verandah. My parents could only look through a glass but I seem to remember them coming on the ward with gowns and face masks on. I believe I was there for 14 weeks, but as I was so young it was only what I was told.
 
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