Minffordd Hospital, Bangor - January 2011

[The Littlest Jellyfish]

Hello friends,

There were a total of 42 fatalities during the Bangor typhoid epidemic of 1882. The source was eventually found to be bacteria transferred in water and milk from a local farm in nearby Bethesda, situated above Bangor's water supply, but efforts to stem the spread of disease were hampered by the fact that the majority of the local health board still believed that the contagion occurred via miasmic vapours, blaming odorous sewers for the problem. The doctor most vocally opposed to the vapour theory contracted the disease and died. The epidemic was eventually controlled, and in the aftermath, Minffordd Hospital was build as the area's infectious diseases hospital with a number of isolation units.

In recent years, Minffordd became a community hospital, and also housed the Gwynedd Alzheimers Society. After a lengthy public consultation, it closed in 2006.

As of 2011, the 2 hectare site is up for sale. Interested parties should note that although it's fairly trashed, there is a healthy stash of porn in the former nurse's staff room. Unfortunately the lighting wasn't very good in there and the flash washed out some of the most interesting detail. Consequently this report will be family friendly.

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[The Littlest Jellyfish]

I went back to check out a couple of buildings round the back that I didn't get chance to see last time because it was too dark. They were also trashed. The Arfon day care unit, the main building at the rear of the plot, is interesting because the consulting rooms are all named after local lakes. As far as I can tell, there is no pornography in this building, however. The turret thing is empty, and I have no idea what is was for. I'm now happy to add this place to the list of sites I have no interest in returning to.

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