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Leeds Road Fever Hospital

Coordinates: 53°47′38″N 1°43′52″W / 53.794°N 1.731°W / 53.794; -1.731
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Leeds Road Fever Hospital
Leeds Road Fever Hospital
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Opened1867
Closed1972
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The Leeds Road Fever Hospital in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, was a founded in 1867. In 1962, it was one of the hospitals that were quarantined during an epidemic of smallpox in Bradford.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "The National Archives | Search the archives | Hospital Records| Details". www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Care, but no hugs". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  3. ^ Bivins, Roberta E. (2015). "3. Smallpox, 'Social Threats", and Citizenship, 1961-1966". Contagious Communities: Medicine, Migration, and the NHS in Post-war Britain. Oxford University Press. pp. 140–147. ISBN 978-0-19-872528-2.

53°47′38″N 1°43′52″W / 53.794°N 1.731°W / 53.794; -1.731