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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Sculcoates Workhouse Infirmary
« on: Sunday 21 March 10 20:13 GMT (UK) »
My Mother was a nurse at the hospital (Circa 1919) and could remember that the hospital's Chief Doctor who was nicknamed Dr. Salversen.( that was the treatment for syphilis in those days) usually dressed very badly, and told a tale about himself. The workhouse provided a meal and a room for the night but you had to be there before 6:00p.m. There was always a rush of tramps down the street to get in before gate closure and one of them called out to the doctor who was going to the hospital, "Hurry up mate, or you'll be late!"
I was told that each of the rooms had a grill in the concrete floor and a pile of rocks and a sledgehammer beside it. Before being released from the locked room in the morning the person had to break up the rocks to pass through the grill into a wheelbarrow placed below the grill. Payment for the room and board!
Later on, the rooms were used for storage and the grills were filled in with concrete.
I often wonder how this would work today in caring for the homeless?
I was told that each of the rooms had a grill in the concrete floor and a pile of rocks and a sledgehammer beside it. Before being released from the locked room in the morning the person had to break up the rocks to pass through the grill into a wheelbarrow placed below the grill. Payment for the room and board!
Later on, the rooms were used for storage and the grills were filled in with concrete.
I often wonder how this would work today in caring for the homeless?