Catalogue description WARRINGTON DISPENSARY AND INFIRMARY

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Title: WARRINGTON DISPENSARY AND INFIRMARY
Held by: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Warrington Dispensary, 1810-?1980

Warrington Infirmary, 1842-1854

Warrington Infirmary, 1872-1980
Immediate source of acquisition:

Acc. 3197 (pt.)

Subjects:
  • Warrington, Cheshire
  • Health services
Administrative / biographical background:

The Warrington Dispensary opened for the admission of patients on 10 April 1810, for "the relief of the Sick Poor in this Town and Neighbourhood", offering out-patient facilities. In 1842, a small infirmary and house of recovery was opened, but within 12 years, the building was leased as a militia store; leaving only the Dispensary in Buttermarket Street. Finally in 1872, in-patient facilities were provided by the generosity of James Hatton, and, for some years the Infirmary was known as the as the Hatton Charity. A new Hospital building was opened in 1877. In 1948, when it ceased to be a voluntary hospital and came under the control of the Warrington and District Hospital Management Committee, it had 172 beds. The building was demolished in December 1980.
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