Open-air women's ward, Cold Arbour Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Part of the women’s section of the open-air Tuberculosis (T.B) wards at the Oxford City Isolation Hospital. 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. The Oxford City isolation hospital was built in about 1884-1885 to accommodate infectious and fever cases previously housed in the fever wards at the Radcliffe Infirmary. It continued in use until 1954, mostly as an additional tuberculosis hospital.
