The pictures have been donated from the city’s archive at Picture Sheffield and show medicine and health care going back to 1888 to 1998 and show never before seen shots taken inside operating theatres and queues of people waiting for the polio vaccine.
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. Pictures from the past
Coronary Care Unit, Royal Infirmary, 1971 Photo: Picture Sheffield


1. Neuro-Surgical Ward
Neuro-Surgical Ward, Royal Infirmary, 1971 Photo: Picture Sheffield

2. Public Health Department
Public Health Department- Inoculation, 1967 Photo: Picture Sheffield

3. Mobile polio vaccination unit
Mobile polio vaccination unit outside the Town Hall, 1960s Photo: Picture Sheffield
