P.S. although the little girl had curvature of the spine she would have been sent to the isolation hospital with a disease that was infectious. The spinal curvature would not have been the reason she went --- unless it was caused by tuberculosis of the spine which would not be the most likely cause. Ricketts was very prevalent and caused by malnutrition and lack of sunshine,fresh air and vitamins A,D and calcium .Sorry no photograph of grandad and the hearse. Can you imagine going to such a gloomy place ,up a long hill,very isolated,looking like a Victorian Workhouse.No visitors and probably nursed in isolation wards.No antibiotics just LOADS of disinfectant . If you had ever seen this place in the dark, sooty, smog ridden air that was pre Clean Air Act Manchester you would wonder anyone recovered but I suppose it was better in many ways than where people lived in Ancoats, Collyhurst and other industrial areas where every thing was so grimey from industrial pollution.Best of luck with your search.Viktoria
