Hull General Infirmary

The Apothecaries of the General Infirmary at Leeds.

ON 20 May I 767, a meeting was held at the New Inn at Leeds to 'consider of the Expediency of an Infirmary'. It was unanimously agreed 'That a Parochial Infirmary in this Place will be of great Utility'. At a meeting in June it was further agreed that the proposed infirmary should serve not only the parish of Leeds but 'that the Infirmary intended to be erected be declared a General One' and it...

The history of the Derbyshire General Infirmary, 1810–1894

demise. The author stresses how a perception of corruption arose from the "politicisation of charity" (p. 85) at local and national level, and from the "marginalization of the parish" (p. 109), which had formerly served as the perpetual body for administering trusts. In Part II, the focus shifts to the voluntary societies that took over from endowed charity. Chapter 5 examines the antecedents o...

The Madras Eye Infirmary

it was transferred to Rundall's Road, Vepery. The reports submitted to the Directors were of so favourable a nature, as to induce the Court to continue to maintain the hospital, and in order that a suitable successor might be found, in the possible absence of Surgeon Richardson, Assistant-Surgeon T. M. Lane was appointed as an Assistant to Surgeon Richardson in October 1823. During the course o...

Blackburn Royal Infirmary

being 152 and the average number occupied daily 156.12, I would point out that your inference is quite correct. The increased number has been caused by additional beds having been fixed in the wards during most of the year. With regard to your last reference in the paragraph that the Report is without an index and that you had to read to the 18th page before you discovered the number of beds, I...

Manchester Royal Infirmary