Fever Hospital, Rumworth, Bolton. (Architectural Competition)

BOLTON - At a meeting of the Bolton sanitary committee, on Monday, the report of the Hospital sub‑committee was read as follows; : The sub‑committee stated that in response to the advertisements for designs for the borough hospital eleven sets were received, bearing respectively the following mottoes or devices : "As you like it," "Bolton," Borough Arms (device), "Desideratum," "Health," "Octagon," "Progress," Red Cross (device), "Sanitas," "Viola," and "Well considered." Prior to the subcommittee's decision the designs of "Viola" were withdrawn, and after careful consideration of the respective merits of the other designs, the sub‑committee came to the conclusion to recommend that, subject to the conditions of the competition, the first prize be awarded to "Desideratum," and the second prize to Borough Arms (device) . The envelopes containing the names of the authors of the designs marked respectively "Desideratum" and Borough Arms, were opened, and it appeared therefrom that Mr Marshall Robinson, 19, Acresfield, was the author of "Desideratum," and Mr T Haselden the author of the Borough Arms design. It was resolved that the author of " Desideratum" be requested to furnish the committee with proof that his design can be carried out for ,4,000. The author of the first design wins the premium of £25, and that of the second the premium of £15 offered by the Corporation.   [Building News 21 October 1881 page 543]

The Sanitary Committee of the Bolton Corporation a short time ago invited designs for a fever hospital to be erected in an outlying district. Eleven sets of designs were sent in, and on Monday last the Committee awarded the first premium of ,£25 to Mr. M. Robinson, of Bolton, and the second of £15 to Mr. Thomas Haselden, also of Bolton. The mottoes under which these two designs were submitted were "Desideratum," and "Borough Arms," respectively. [British Architect 21 October 1881 page 523]

BOLTON. - According to the Bolton Daily Chronicle  at a meeting of the Borough Sanitary Committee on the 7th inst., the following proceedings of the Hospital Sub‑committee were approved : " 25th Nov. Mr Marshall Robinson, architect, attended and submitted two tenders for the work required for carrying out his plans for the Borough Hospital. Resolved, - That the Sub‑committee are satisfied that his plans can be carried out in accordance with the conditions of competition." Mr Marshall Robinson was appointed architect for the proposed Borough Fever Hospital, subject to terms to be arranged with him. [Building News 16 December 1881 page 806]

Mr. Marshall Robinson, of Bolton, has been appointed architect for the proposed borough fever hospital at Bolton, the hospital sub-committee having satisfied themselves, from tenders submitted by the architect, that the work can be carried out in accordance with the terms of the competition. [British Architect 23 December 1881 page 645]

BOROUGH OF BOLTON INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL - This hospital, which provides accommodation for 28 beds, has recently been erected for the corporation of Bolton, from the plans of Mr. M. Robinson, architect, of Bolton, chosen in open competition. The work was carried out by Messrs. J. H. & G. Marsden, builders, of Bolton, at a cost of £4,700. The original scheme provided for the addition of other pavilions at some future period if required, and with this view the administrative arrangements are made sufficiently extensive to meet the requirements of any increase of ward accommodation without strain. The provision of ample supplies of fresh air to the wards, as well as the extraction of vitiated air, has been carefully looked to. Fresh air inlets, fitted with special arrangements for the filtration or disinfecting of the air before entry, are placed both over the patient's head and underneath the beds, and supply an abundance of pure air, warm or cold at will, in regulated quantities. The products of gas combustion are conveyed away in specially contrived tubes which communicate with Boyle's exhaust ventilators fixed over the centre of each room. Shorland's ventilating grates and stoves are used for the warming of the wards and convalescent rooms throughout. The British Sanitary Earth Closets, on the self-acting principle, are adopted, answering their purpose admirably. The excreta is disinfected and destroyed in a furnace, and the liquid sewage treated in a series of precipitating tanks, and after a thorough system of disinfecting, is passed off into a carefully pre pared irrigating or filtering area. The disinfecting apparatus and laundry fittings were supplied by Messrs. Bradford & Co., of Salford. The situation of the hospital is healthy and bracing; this, combined with the character of the hospital grounds and surroundings, should render the institution attractive and popular. [British Architect 15 August 1884 page 78-79]

Reference    British Architect 21 October 1881 Page 523. Competitions
Reference    Building News 21 October 1881 page 543
Reference    Building News 16 December 1881 page 806
Reference    British Architect 23 December 1881 page 645
Reference    British Architect 15 August 1884 page 78-79