Westwood Sanatorium 1919


Title	Westwood Sanatorium 1919
Description	This photograph was taken on the opening day of the 64-bed Westwood Sanatorium by the Home Secretary, Mr Hyxham, on 7 September 1919. Two special trains travelled from Rockhampton for the event and approximately 2000 people attended. The hospital was built to treat Miner's Phthisis, a lung disease suffered by miners working in dusty conditions. By 1925, the incidence of this disease had decreased and the hospital then specialised in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB). The discovery of drugs to treat TB in the 1940's improved the recovery of patients. Those remaining were transferred to the Chest Clinic at the Rockhampton General Hospital in 1959. Westwood then became a nursing home until the 1980's. The property was sold and the buildings have since been converted or demolished.
Image Number	48
Publisher	Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original)
Subject	Historic buildings
Subject	Hospitals
Subject	Rockhampton. Westwood Sanatorium
Subject	Sanatorium
Coverage - Spatial	Westwood, Queensland
Coverage - Time	07 September 1919
Format of Original	photographic print: B&W (19.7 x 12 cm) Scan .jpg file 2.2 MB (2435 x 1477 pixels}
Digital Format	image/gif
Rights	This image is provided for the purpose of private study and research and must not be reproduced without the permission of the Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.