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Meathop Sanatorium


Westmorland Consumption Sanatorium, an isolation hospital for poor people with tuberculosis, was located at Meathop, near Grange over Sands. It was opened as a convalescent home in 1891. It was extended in 1900 to be a sanatorium; the men’s block had places for 88 patients. A women’s block, built in 1909, had space for 59 patients. Wooden chalets were built for fresh-air treatment. The population of Meahop with Ulpha civil parish more than tripled as a result of the sanatorium - reaching a reaching peak of 328 in 1921.[1] The Sanatorium closed in 1964. The building later became known as Meathop Hospital, and used as a children's orthopaedic hospital. This closed in 1991 and the buildings were converted for residential use, now known as Meathop Grange. 

Meathop Former Hospital 1891 Tuberculosis Fever and Isolation Hospitals
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GRANGE OVER SANDS - Cumbria - Meathop Sanitorium Shelters -1918 used postcard
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Nostalgia: Furness patients faced months of cold, fresh air to cure TB
- The Mail, 15th May 2018. ".....Patients from Millom or Furness could be sent to isolated places in the Lake District, to High Carley, near Urswick, or to Meathop, near Grange. …
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MEATHOP HOSPITAL
- ....Opened in 1899-1900 as a tuberculosis sanatorium at a former convalescent home, built 1891. More chalets were built and a hospital, nurses home and a doctors residence were added in …
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County: Cumbria
Grid ref: SD4360280064
Unitary Auth: Westmorland & Furness

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