Blast from the Past

Haunting images reveal abandoned children's TB hospital complete with beds and wheelchairs decades after it was left to rot
  • St Gerard's Hospital in Birmingham was shut in 1988 after decades treating thousands of TB cases
  • Hospital was established in late 19th century by a catholic priest to car for orphaned and destitute children
  • Facility was one of many which helped cut TB cases in Britain from 117,000 in 1913 to 5,000 in 1987

By Tom Gardner


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