Claverton Down Isolation Hospital, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
This infectious diseases hospital was provided by the local authority in 1876 and comprised a collection of temporary wooden ward blocks and two fever tents. The permanent buildings, seen here, were built in 1931-4. F. P. Sissons, Bath City Engineer and included a cubicle isolation block. At the start of the 20th century, before the invention of antibiotics, there were several infectious diseases that affected many people’s daily lives. The three main ones that required treatment in isolation hospitals were Tuberculosis (TB), Scarlet Fever & Polio.
