page_title: Selly Oak Hospital
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Selly Oak Hospital / History / Origins
caption_attribution_description: Plaque commemorating the opening of the King's Norton Union's Infirmary at Selly Oak on 3rd September 1897
context_page_description: Selly Oak Hospital was situated in the Selly Oak area of Birmingham, England. Previously managed by the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, the hospital closed in 2011.
context_section_description: The site was originally selected for the construction of the new King's Norton Union Workhouse. This was a place for the care of the poor and was one of many workhouses constructed throughout the country following the introduction of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. The new workhouse, which was designed by Edward Holmes, was built on the site and opened in 1870.
  A workhouse infirmary, which was designed by Daniel Arkell to a pavilion plan and entirely lit by electric light, was built by Thomas Rowbotham of Small Heath at a cost of £45,000 and opened in September 1897. It provided accommodation for about 300 patients.
caption: Commemorative plaque recording the opening of the King's Norton Union's Infirmary at Selly Oak, on the "3rd Day of September 1897"
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