The Attorney-General and others -v- The Mayor, aldermen & citizens of the city of Nottingham. Minutes of evidence (February 10 - February 15, 1904).

Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Chancery Division.

Date:: [1904?]

Credit: The Attorney-General and others -v- The Mayor, aldermen & citizens of the city of Nottingham. Minutes of evidence (February 10 - February 15, 1904). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$2843. That experience is contrary to ail tiie cases reported on l)y ^^'^bruary 15, li the Local Government Board —It happens to be so. Dr. G. Reid 2844. Mr. Justice FARWEI-L : Is it the (jld South Stafford shire hospital site you are speaking- of?—That is so. It is not pro- A vided for at all either temporarily oi' permanently. The joint area having been formed, these authorities were obliged to take over the existing hospitals until the locality (iould be formed. 284.'). I was thinking of the Wolverhani])ton Hospital. Where- abouts is it '{—It is in the locality of Tetmoi-e to the south-west. B 284B. Mr. Justice FAR WELL : In open country ?—It is close up to the town. The streets are quite up to it, and also a part of the administrative county of Staffordshire, namely, in the urban district of Tetmore. 2847. I cannot remend)er that at all ? It is Just close to the road leading towards Stourbi-idge. Mr. MACMORKAN : Wolverhampton is a county borough, my Lord. Mr. rlustice FARWELL : I A\as trying to locate the place from my own recollection, but I do not remember it. I) 2848. Mr. UIMOHN : As to the hospital that serves Wolver- hampton--Is that the Willenhall Hospital ?—No, the Wolverhampton Hospital. 2849. Is that one of the 17 you have menti(med ?—That makes 18. 2850. That probably would not be under your jurisdiction. Your jurisdiction is a county one ?—I did not mention it liecause it is in the county borough, but I mention it now because 1 had to keep my eye upon it in view of the administrative county, as our population adjoins it, and also they received cases from one of our F districts. 285L Then ai-e ycm familiar with the character of the di.strict there, and from what area the cases come from ?—I am, because I had reports on the subject from the local medical officer. 2851a. But you had not investiga'^ed them yourself ?—No. not G beyond that. 2852. Can you tell me as to the Wolverhampton Hosi)ital, what IS the extent of the enclosure ?—The Wolverhampton Hospital stands in the same enclosure as the general infectious liospital of Wolver-$