Hospital for Infectious Diseases Bury Union Workhouse.

 The foundation stone for the new hospital was laid by the Mayor of Bury, Cost over £5000 [British Architect 8 June 1877 Page 370]

 On Saturday the Guardians at the Bury Union opened a new infectious hospital close to the workhouse. The patients are to be accommodated in four several and distinct blocks, each one of which is fitted up complete in itself as a separate hospital. [Building News 30 August 1878 page 228]

BURY —On the 24th ult. the Guardians of the Bury Union opened a new infectious hospital close to the workhouse. The plans, which are stated by a Manchester paper lo have been described by the authorities at the Local Government Board as "excellent in themselves, and greatly in advance of anything hitherto attempted,” are the result of visits to different infirmaries and hospitals, and consultations between the architect of the guardians, Mr. L. Booth, of Manchester, and Dr. Mouat, Mr. P. Gordon Smith, and the late Capt. Bowly, who represented the medical and architectural authorities of the Local Government Board. The site is a plot of land situate between the cemetery and the workhouse buildings, and is open on three of its sides. The patients are to be accommodated in four several and distinct blocks, each one of which is fitted up complete in itself as a separate hospital. The only connexion between the blocks is a wide covered way, open at the sides, and covered by a wide projecting roof, affording protection in all sorts of weather. By this arrangement any one block can be used for a distinct kind of fever, or for either sex, without interfering with the proper and safe use of the other departments in any way. [Builder 14 Sept 1878 page 973]

Reference    Manchester Guardian Saturday 10 February 1877 Page 1  (Contracts)
Reference    Manchester Guardian Monday 19 February1877 Page 1 (Contracts)
Reference    British Architect 8 June 1877 page 370 – foundation stone
Reference    British Architect 16 August 1878. page 90
Reference    Building News 30 August 1878 page 228
Reference    Builder 14 September 1878 page 973