Hereford Dispensary
Hereford Dispensary was founded in 1835 in Hereford, England.[1] In 1837, it was moved to a house on Bye Street (now Commercial Street) in Hereford.[2] It was part of the Dispensary Movement. It was a public dispensary, which gave advice and medicine free-of-charge, or for a small charge. In its first year, it saw 178 patients.[3] By 1839 it had seen 600 patients.[4]
From around 1841, the appointed physician was Henry Graves Bull. He held this post for 40 years.[5]
In 1881, the Dispensary moved to a new location on Union Street.[3] It was built in Classical Italian style.[6]
By 1900, it was seeing over 3,500 patients per year - in addition to those recommended by subscribers - and was reported as being in urgent need of more subscribers.[7] This number declined to just over 3,000 a year by 1910, though the request for more subscribers continued.[8]
By 1946, around 2,000 people were receiving treatment at Hereford Dispensary and three doctors attended the service.[9]
In 2008, the building was converted to a wine bar.[6]
References
- ^ "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Times. 11 July 1835. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Times. 29 April 1837. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b "The old dispensary". Herefordshire Through Time. Herefordshire Council. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Times. 6 July 1989. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Weaver, Phillip (2015). A Dictionary of Herefordshire Biography. Herefordshire: Logaston Press. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-1-906663-97-1.
- ^ a b "The Old Dispensary, Union Street". HER Search. Herefordshire Council. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Journal. 28 July 1900. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Journal. 30 July 1910. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ English County. A Planning Survey of Herefordshire. West Midland Group on Post War Reconstruction and Planning. 1946. p. 215.