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West Bromwich District Hospital
Edward Street, where the memorial stone is now set in stone at the
entrance way to the hospital, and reads:
This Memorial stone of the West Bromwich
District Hospital Erected To the Glory of God
And for the alleviation of Human Suffering was laid by The Right Honourable
The Countess of Dartmouth on the 21st of September 1869
"Blessed is the man that provideth for the sick and needy"
West Bromwich Hospital
A meeting of the Committee appointed to consider the various plans forwarded for the hospital about to be erected in West
Bromwich, in place of the present inconvenient dispensary, has been held at the Infirmary Board-room, High Street. Designs for the building were received from Mr. Y. Thompson of Bennett's Hill, Birmingham ; Mr. G.B.Nichols of West Bromwich ; and Messrs Martin and Chamberlain of Birmingham. The sub-committee ultimately decided to recommend the Infirmary Board to adopt the plans of the last named gentlemen. The plans provided for the erection of forty beds, but at present it is only intended to build so as to have room for twenty, though the administrative offices will, of course, be designed for the whole number of beds. The site of the proposed building will be on the Lodge Estate, West
Bromwich, in Edward Street, at right angles to Lombard Street, and the ground contains some 6,000 sq.
yds. It is hoped the work of excavation will be commenced in March. The total sum at present raised is about £2,350. This amount includes a subscription of £215 from the workmen of Messrs George Salter & Co., and from those of Messrs P.D.Bennett and Co. of £126., both of which are payable by small weekly instalments extending over three years. The building will cost between £5,000 and £6,000.
Source: The Builder 1869 Vol XXVII pp033, 9th January 1869
Submitted by Alan Longbottom.
Page updated August 06, 2007
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West Bromwich Hospital