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A State secret: The closely guarded report of a hospital inquiry

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Two hundred years ago, Cork Street Fever Hospital was built by charitable subscription. Seven years after becoming a public-private partnership in 1937, its administration was subjected to a Sworn Inquiry. Why the Inquiry was held and why the Inspector’s Report was never published are the questions addressed in this paper.

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  1. Director of Community Care, University College Dublin, Ireland

    CF Warde

  2. Eastern Region Health Authority, Wicklow, National University of Ireland, University College, Dublin, Ireland

    CS Breathnach

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Warde, C., Breathnach, C. A State secret: The closely guarded report of a hospital inquiry. Ir J Med Sci 172, 84–88 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02915255

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