Westwood Sanatorium on its opening day 1919


Title	Westwood Sanatorium on its opening day 1919
Description	The Westwood Sanatorium was opened by the Home Secretary, Mr Huxham, on 7 September 1919. The 64-bed hospital was initially established to treat Miner's Phthisis cases but improved health and safety practices in the mines soon resulted in a change of focus to specialise in the treatment of tuberculosis. Two special trains travelled from Rockhampton for the opening day and approximately 2000 people attended. (Information from: The Brisbane Courier 08 September 1919 accessed at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20388217.)
Image Number	35
Publisher	Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original)	Photograph donated by Cheryl Hitchcock
Subject	Historic buildings
Subject	Hospitals
Subject	Sanatorium
Subject	Westwood Sanatorium
Coverage - Spatial	Westwood, Queensland
Coverage - Time	07 September 1919
Format of Original	Photographic print: b&w 12.2 cm x 8.9 cm Scan .tif 16.8 MB 2842 x 2065 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.