Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Monday, 25 October 2010
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
NO WEALTH BUT LIFE
"THERE IS NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others." John Ruskin Unto This Last
Some Definitions
From the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary:
Alum A whitish transparent mineral salt, crystallizing in octahedrons, very astringent; chemically a double sulphate of aluminium potassium.
Health 1. Soundness of body; that condition in which its functions are duly discharged. 2. Hence, the general condition of the body. 4. Spiritual, moral, or mental soundness; salvation. 5. Well-being, safety; deliverance.
Wealth 1. The condition of being happy and prosperous; well-being.
Welfare The state or condition of doing or being well; good fortune, happiness, or well-being (of a person, community, or thing); prosperity.
Well from the Old English wella wave and Old Norse vella boiling heat, ebullition 1. A spring of water rising to the surface of the earth and forming a small pool or flowing in a spring b. A spring of water supposed to be of miraculous origin or to have supernatural healing powers; also, a medicinal or mineral spring 2b. That from which something springs or arises; a source or origin 3. A pit dug into the ground to obtain a supply of spring-water; spec. a vertical excavation, usu. circular in form and lined with masonry, sunk to such a depth as to penetrate a water-bearing stratum.
Well In a state of good fortune, welfare or happiness.
Well-being The state of being or doing well in life; happy, healthy, or prosperous condition; welfare.
Alum A whitish transparent mineral salt, crystallizing in octahedrons, very astringent; chemically a double sulphate of aluminium potassium.
Health 1. Soundness of body; that condition in which its functions are duly discharged. 2. Hence, the general condition of the body. 4. Spiritual, moral, or mental soundness; salvation. 5. Well-being, safety; deliverance.
Wealth 1. The condition of being happy and prosperous; well-being.
Welfare The state or condition of doing or being well; good fortune, happiness, or well-being (of a person, community, or thing); prosperity.
Well from the Old English wella wave and Old Norse vella boiling heat, ebullition 1. A spring of water rising to the surface of the earth and forming a small pool or flowing in a spring b. A spring of water supposed to be of miraculous origin or to have supernatural healing powers; also, a medicinal or mineral spring 2b. That from which something springs or arises; a source or origin 3. A pit dug into the ground to obtain a supply of spring-water; spec. a vertical excavation, usu. circular in form and lined with masonry, sunk to such a depth as to penetrate a water-bearing stratum.
Well In a state of good fortune, welfare or happiness.
Well-being The state of being or doing well in life; happy, healthy, or prosperous condition; welfare.
Local Hospitals
'...in 1878 a new hospital was opened on the site of the Mount; it was designed by Henman, Harrison & Perrott of London. (fn. 95) It was initially an accident hospital, and it was not until 1894 that medical cases were admitted. (fn. 96) In that year the name was changed to Walsall and District Hospital; it became Walsall General Hospital in 1918 and Walsall General (Sister Dora) Hospital in 1954.'
'The poor-law guardians opened an infirmary, designed by H. E. Lavender of Walsall, at the workhouse in Pleck Road in 1896. It was taken over by the corporation in 1930 as a general hospital and named Manor Hospital. The workhouse itself, which was renamed Beacon Lodge, became St. John's Hospital after the Walsall Hospital Management Committee was set up in 1948; it was subsequently developed as the geriatric unit of Manor Hospital.'
from Victoria County History
'The poor-law guardians opened an infirmary, designed by H. E. Lavender of Walsall, at the workhouse in Pleck Road in 1896. It was taken over by the corporation in 1930 as a general hospital and named Manor Hospital. The workhouse itself, which was renamed Beacon Lodge, became St. John's Hospital after the Walsall Hospital Management Committee was set up in 1948; it was subsequently developed as the geriatric unit of Manor Hospital.'
from Victoria County History
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Water III
As well as the 'stinking ditch' and the inauspicious brook there is another watery subject in this part of Walsall - wells.
Our site includes parts of two historic fields alluding to wells - 'Well Piece' and 'Alumwell Close'. Documentary evidence records an alum well on the site of the manor and its moat - 'There was an alum well in the Moat Hill area. In 1855 it was stated to contain a strong chalybeate water and formerly to have been a place of much resort, although lately fallen into disuse'. Today this well's presence is recorded in 'Alumwell Road' a couple of streets to the east of the site.
Chalybeate water was believed to have health-giving properties through its high levels of iron. It could also have had an industrial purpose as alum has been used as fix for natural cloth dyes.
Our site includes parts of two historic fields alluding to wells - 'Well Piece' and 'Alumwell Close'. Documentary evidence records an alum well on the site of the manor and its moat - 'There was an alum well in the Moat Hill area. In 1855 it was stated to contain a strong chalybeate water and formerly to have been a place of much resort, although lately fallen into disuse'. Today this well's presence is recorded in 'Alumwell Road' a couple of streets to the east of the site.
Chalybeate water was believed to have health-giving properties through its high levels of iron. It could also have had an industrial purpose as alum has been used as fix for natural cloth dyes.
Monday, 4 October 2010
The Site
The site in Walsall, West Midlands is situated at grid reference SJ 995 984 close to Junction 10 of the M6. The land lies approximately 125 metres above sea level.
The land is part of Alumwell Business & Enterprise College and construction has recently started here on a new educational facility that will, according to a briefing note, 'simulate health and social care environments for the purpose of learning, development and work experience for Diploma and other key curriculum development that will facilitate the acquisition of occupational and leadership and management skills which are integral to the development of both the Health and Social Care sectors'.
The building has been designed by BBLB architects and is being constructed by Wilmott Dixon.
The land is part of Alumwell Business & Enterprise College and construction has recently started here on a new educational facility that will, according to a briefing note, 'simulate health and social care environments for the purpose of learning, development and work experience for Diploma and other key curriculum development that will facilitate the acquisition of occupational and leadership and management skills which are integral to the development of both the Health and Social Care sectors'.
The building has been designed by BBLB architects and is being constructed by Wilmott Dixon.
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