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Cascades
was first used as an invalid depot in 1867 — for both
women and men who were old or chronically ill.
Yet it was first mooted that Cascades be used as an
invalid depot as early as 1863 — the following article
appeared in the Hobart Town Advertiser on 19
August 1863 (p.3 col.5):
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FEMALE INVALIDS.—The old women in
the Invalids Department of the General Hospital are in a state of
great excitement from the fear of being removed from their present
building to the Cascades Factory, and have memorialized the Board of
Management not to sanction their removal from the building, where
they have the attendance of Dr. Turnley, to whom they refer in high
terms. |
In
1877, the depot received the male invalids from Port
Arthur when it closed.
According to Brown in Poverty is Not a Crime
(p.123):
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This old female prison,
damp and depressing was a most unsuitable building for old people
suffering from rheumatism and respiratory diseases, the two most
common conditions on admission. |
The
female invalids were transferred from Cascades to
New Town Pauper Establishment in 1874, and the male
invalids followed them in 1879.
For
a list of other invalid depots and associated institutions
click
here.
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