DORSET POOR LAW PATIENTS DO NOT DELETE.Xlsx

Salisbury Infirmary admissions: produced for the History of Dorset County Hospital website

SALISBURY INFIRMARY IN-PATIENTS RECOMMENDED BY DORSET POOR LAW UNIONS 1852-1860

The following patients were recommended as in-patients by one of the Poor Law Unions in Dorset. Their details have been extracted from the “Secretary’s Register” which lists in-patients and out-patients admitted to, and discharged from, Salisbury Infirmary. The Register is held at the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives: J8/170/1 covers 10 July 1852 to 21 August 1858, and J8/170/2 covers 21 August 1858 onwards. Names have been extracted up to 31 December 1860.

Dorset Poor Discharged date/reason Notes in the Surname First nameDate admitted Specialty Additional information Law Union (not noted in all cases) register ALLEN John 1855 13 Jan Surg Blandford BARNES Hannah 1852 18 Sep Surg Poole 1851 census: Hannah Barnes, 37, Longfleet (HO107/1855 f96) BARTER Sarah 1855 21 Jul Surg Shaftesbury 8 Sep - Benefited "in ye week" 1851 census: Sarah Barter, 7, Compton Abbas crossed out (HO107/1851 f192) BEALE John 1857 26 Dec Med Wimborne BREWER David 1857 27 Jun Med Wimborne CHAFFET Abdon 1855 2 Jun Surg Poole 7 Jul - Benefited 1851 census: Abdon Chaffy, 19, apprentice cordwainer, Lytchett Matravers (HO107/1855 f430) CHERRETT Jane 1853 15 Jan Surg Blandford 19 Mar - Benefited 1851 census: Jane Cherrot, 23, servant, Blandford Forum (HO107/1853 f336) COOMBS Rachel 1852 6 Nov Med Blandford 1851 census: Rachel Coombs, 51, midwife, Blandford Forum (HO107/1853 f336) COX Thomas 1858 12 Jun Surg Shaftesbury "in the week" DOGGRELL Stephen 1854 26 Aug Med Shaftesbury ELLIOTT Charles 1852 13 Nov Med Wimborne FORD Mary 1853 8 Jan Surg Blandford 19 Feb - Made OP FRAMPTON Caroline 1857 3 Jan Med Wimborne FRAMPTON Frederick 1856 19 Apr Med Wimborne GILES Charles 1856 25 Oct Med Blandford 27 Dec - Made OP; 11 Apr Dorset County Hospital admission: in-patient, 1857 - discharged (no 1856, treated for dyspepsia (DCH admissions status recorded) register, NG/HH/DO(C)/5/2/1 entry 3569). Died: Feb 1858, of schirrhus of the pylorus (death certificate) HANHAM Hannah 1855 27 Jan Surg Shaftesbury 1851 census: Hannah Hanham, 21, Shaftesbury HANHAM Hannah 1855 10 Feb Surg Shaftesbury (HO107/1851 f83) HARVEY Ellen 1856 22 Mar Med Wimborne 3 May - Made OP

Dorset Poor Discharged date/reason Notes in the Surname First nameDate admitted Specialty Additional information Law Union (not noted in all cases) register HARVEY Joel 1857 11 Jul Surg Wimborne 22 Aug - Own request 1851 census: Joel Harvy, 46, lab, Cranborne (HO107/1854 f222). Buried 5 Oct 1857 at Cranborne HASKETT Robert 1853 2 Jul Surg Shaftesbury HAYTER George 1853 27 Aug Surg Wimborne ISAAC Attwell 1857 22 Aug Surg Blandford 29 Aug - Cured Dorset County Hospital admission: in-patient, 1861, treated for a urinary fistula (DCH admissions register, NG/HH/DO(C)/5/2/2 entry 5471). Died: Nov 1861 at DCH, of permanent stricture (7 years) & uremia (2 days) (death certificate) ISAAC Hannah 1855 5 May Surg Wimborne KERLEY John 1855 26 May Surg Shaftesbury 23 Jun - Cure "week" KNAPTON William 1857 3 Oct Surg Shaftesbury "in the week" 1851 census: William Knapton, 9, Gillingham KNAPTON William 1858 27 Mar Surg Shaftesbury "in the week" (HO107/1851 f321) LANCE Frederick 1853 17 Dec Surg Blandford 1 Apr - Cured 1851 census: Fredk Geo Lance, 14, saddler, Blandford Forum (HO107/1853 f275) LOADER Moses 1855 11 Aug Surg Wimborne 22 Sep - Made OP 1851 census: Moses Loder, 50, ag lab, Woodlands (HO107/1854 f26) LONGMAN Keziah 1853 1 Jan Surg Wimborne 19 Feb - Made OP 1851 census: Kezia Longman, 29, Cranborne (HO107/1854 f206) MAIDMENT Charles 1860 28 Jul Surg Wimborne "in the week" MAIDMENTJob 1857 13 Jun Med Shaftesbury "in the week" 1851 census: Job Maidment, 32, farm lab, East MAIDMENTJob 1857 27 Jun Med Shaftesbury "in the week" Stour (HO107/1851 f421) MALTON George 1855 18 Aug Med Blandford 1851 census: Geo Malton, 46, scavenger, Blandford Forum (HO107/1853 f326) MOORE Elizabeth 1856 19 Jul Surg Shaftesbury "in the week" MORGAN Elizabeth 1852 24 Jul Surg Wimborne 7 Aug - Not benefited MORGAN Frederick 1859 19 Nov Surg Wimborne "in the week" NOBLE Mary 1852 25 Sep Surg Wimborne 1851 census: Mary Noble, 24, field work, Cranbourne (HO107/1854 f206) PLOWMAN Thomas 1855 28 Apr Med Blandford "in the week" 1851 census: Thos Plowman, 16, errand boy, Blandford Forum (HO107/1853 f333) READ John 1852 31 Jul Surg Shaftesbury 7 Aug - Not benefited ROBERTS Elizabeth 1854 2 Dec Med Shaftesbury ROBERTS (& Mary 1854 25 Nov Med Shaftesbury child)

Dorset Poor Discharged date/reason Notes in the Surname First nameDate admitted Specialty Additional information Law Union (not noted in all cases) register SHEPPERD Lydia 1853 10 Dec Surg Shaftesbury 1851 census: Lydia Sheppard, 18, servant, Bourton (HO107/1850 f276) SINGLETON Josiah 1854 2 Sep Surg Blandford 1851 census: Josiah Singleton, 60, saddler, Portland (HO107/1857 f586) STAINER Sarah 1855 10 Mar Med Blandford SWYER Charles 1852 18 Sep Surg Poole 1851 census: Charles Swyer, 42, under gardener, Lytchett Matravers (HO107/1855 f409)

SYMONDS William 1854 5 Aug Med Poole THORNHILL Charles 1856 12 Jan Surg Blandford 16 Feb - Made OP; 23 Feb - "in the week" 1851 census: Charles Thornhill, 20, ag lab, Made OP (says he was Tarrant Launceston (HO107/1853, f477). Burial: admitted 19 Jan) Charles Dunford Thornhill, aged 25, at Tarrant Monkton on 3 Aug 1856. Died of consumption (Tarrant Monkton burial register, PE/TTM: RE 5/1, p39, no 305) WAREHAM Elizabeth 1856 1 Nov Med Wimborne WAREHAM George 1853 4 Jun Med Poole WATTS Stephen 1856 31 May Med Shaftesbury ZEBEDEE Ann 1855 27 Jan Med Wimborne 1851 census: Ann Zebedee, 16, Cranborne (HO107/1854 f140)