The Northfield Consumptive Home was opened on 10 November 1931 to provide treatment to patients with advanced tuberculosis and cancer. It was built to replace the Adelaide Hospital's Consumptive Home on North Terrace that was described by the Premier of South Australia in 1929 as "a disgrace to Adelaide".
The Northfield Consumptive Home was built on a portion of land formerly known as 'Conrad's Estate' at Northfield, adjacent to the Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital and near the Northfield Mental Hospital. It comprised an administrative block, a nurses' block, three consumptive wards for 86 patients, and a cancer ward for 26 patients. Patients at the Home may have included children. In 1936, the Northfield Consumptive Home was re-named the Morris Hospital in honour of the late Dr B. H. Morris, Inspector General of Hospitals.
Last updated:
16 January 2019
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