Heavitree isolation hospital

The Heavitree isolation hospital, also for a time known as the Exeter Corporation Tuberculosis Sanatorium,[1] was a small pulmonary tuberculosis sanatorium located on Hollow Lane, Exeter, United Kingdom.

[6][7] Residents and the parish council of Pinhoe continued to complain that patients from the sanatorium were visiting the village and spitting.

The council responded that there was no danger of infection, and that patients were required to only spit in the flask they are provided with, or risk expulsion from the facility.

[11] The inspection report of the remand home will be unsealed from the National Archives on 1 January 2028.

[12] Following the closure, in 1954 the council changed the use again, this time for use for children with learning disabilities, under the Mental Deficiency Act 1913.

1932 OS map showing the three sanatoria located in the Whipton area of Exeter, with Heavitree isolation hospital to the right (East) of the map marked "Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Exeter Corp.)", Whipton Hospital in the centre, and Honeylands children's sanatorium to the West (left)
Entrance to the Ellen Tinkham School