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| | Kyle Combination Poorhouse |
 | | The Kyle Combination (sometimes referred to as Kyle Union) was formed in around 1852 and comprised the 13 parishes of Auchinleck, Ayr, Coylton, New Cumnock, Old Cumnock, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Mauchline, Muirkirk, Newton-upon-Ayr, Ochiltree, St Quivox and Sorn. |
 | | The Kyle Combination poorhouse was erected in 1857-60 on Holmston Road in Ayr, with first Governor and Matron being appointed in April 1860. |
 | | A nurse at Kyle had to attend to 37 patients suffering from serious acute diseases such as pneumonia, pleurisy, phthisis and cancer, together with chronic cases of paralysis and senile decay, the latter often being "wet cases". |
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