Crimicar Lane Hospital

Crimicar Lane Hospital and Sanatorium was an isolation hospital for sufferers of smallpox and tuberculosis in the City of Sheffield, England. It was situated in the suburb of Lodge Moor. The hospital opened in 1902 and closed in 1956.

The hospital was opened in November 1902 by the Hospitals Committee of Sheffield Corporation as a facility for the treatment of smallpox, it consisted of two 21-bed wards, an eight bedded isolation block, administration building and a building for disinfecting and laundering garments. Prior to the First World War almost all admissions were smallpox cases. However, a successful vaccination programme saw the number of patients drop significantly as the disease was almost eradicated. This led to Crimicar Lane admitting increasing numbers of tuberculosis and silicosis cases, many of which were connected with Sheffield's cutlery industry, which used grindstones and buffing wheels for polishing, creating a large amount of gritty dust which caused respiratory diseases.

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