Patients 1841-47

The following entries have been extracted from the Management Committee minute books which list the patients admitted and discharged each week (and occasionally the books record those who were refused admission).

It seems that the admission details of the very earliest patients were not recorded: for instance, William Toop is listed as a discharge patient in the entry for 3 June 1841 (and he is a patient in the hospital in the 1841 census), but there is no record of his admission. The hospital’s annual report for 1841 says that three in-patients were admitted on 13 May and a further six were admitted on 20 May. However, the earliest admission in the minute book is recorded on 3 June.

The minute books for 1841-50 are among some newly identified material held at the Dorset County Hospital (temporary reference number NG/HH/DO(C)/10L/191). So far only the entries relating to 1841 have been trancribed.

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1841

Page 19: 3 June 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Wm. HOUNSELL – recommended by Revd. W. Churchill [Listed in the 1841 census]

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Jane CHILDS – recommended by C. Arden Esq.
  • Phillis HOGMAN – recommended by Revd. G. Wood

 

Page 20: 3 June 1841

Discharges

  • William TOOP – cured. Cancerous lip – to be discharged “Tuesday next” [Listed in the 1841 census]

 

Page 21: 10 June 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Edith BARTLETT – recommended by Revd. Rt. Grant
  • Mary DALY – recommended by L. Col Campbell
  • Ann SMITH – recommended by A. H. D. Acland Esq.

Admissions – Out-patients

  • George COWARD – recommended by Revd. A. Shirley
  • Eliza FOSTER – recommended by Miss Yeatman
  • Jane GILLARD – recommended by Mr. Stone
  • Jane MEARS – recommended by Miss Yeatman
  • Sarah NORTHOVER – recommended by Mr. W. Lock
  • Hannah POUNCY – recommended by Revd. G. Wood
  • Jane TREVISS – recommended by J. Floyer Esq.
  • Honor WOODLAND – recommended by J. Floyer Esq.

 

Page 23: 17 June 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Edward BILK – admitted during last week – fractured arm
  • William HAMMETT – recommended by Mr. Warren. Refused admission as an in-patient, letter to be sent to subscriber offering to take him an out-patient

Admissions – Out-patients

  • John GARLAND – recommended by Mr. B. Jacob
  • Jane TROWBRIDGE – recommended by Mr. Hayne

Discharges – In-patients

 

Page 25: 24 June 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • William BRIDLE – recommended by Mr. Scott. Admitted during last week – dislocation of the hip bone

 

Page 25: 24 June 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Moses MARTIN – recommended by Revd. Francis Smith. Admitted during last week with old ulcer and is therefore inadmissable; resolved that Mr. Smith be written to, to remove the patient.
  • Jane NOYES – recommended by Mr. Moule

 

Page 26: 1 July 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Mercia PORTER – recommended by Levi Luckhouse
  • Elizabeth TUFF [?TATT] – recommended by Messrs. Beach & Bannicott

Discharges – In-patients

  • James SAMWAYS – partly relieved, made an out-patient [Listed in the 1841 census]

 

Page 27: 8 July 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • John HATCHER – recommended by Elizabeth Floyer
  • Ann TIZARD – recommended by Levi Groves
  • Ann WINZAR – ticket renewed by Mrs. M. Frampton [Listed in the 1841 census]

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Reuben GEORGE – recommended by H. Frampton Esq.
  • Sarah LAKE – recommended by Louisa Churchill
  • George WARREN alias CHURCHILL – recommended by Robt. Williams Esq.

Discharges – In-patients

  • Mary Ann DALY – cured
  • Fanny LEGG – relieved

 

Page 29: 15 July 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Mary CATTLE – recommended by R. Waldy
  • Henry NEALE – recommended by Revd. Lundy Foot

Sampson DADE and Robert HANHAM will be discharged on 22nd if their tickets are not renewed. [Both listed in the 1841 census, Hanham is listed as “Hannam”]

 

Page 30: 28 July 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Child of Charles Minifie (a hairdresser) – recommended by Revd. W. Davis. Refused admission: the father is not in indigent circumstances
  • Sampson DADE – ticket renewed by Mr. Drax [Listed in the 1841 census]
  • Robert HANHAM – ticket renewed by Mr. A. Acland  [Listed in the 1841 census as “Hannam”]

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Sarah GILL – recommended by Mrs. Floyer
  • James HUTCHINGS – recommended by Mr. Wighart [or Wishart]
  • Elizabeth KENDALL – recommended by Mr. Herbert Williams
  • Francis WOODS – recommended by Miss Yeatman

Discharges

  • Edward BILK – cured
  • Jane GILLARD – incurable
  • Marianne LEGG – relieved
  • Samuel REID – cured [Listed in the 1841 census – referred to as “Read”]

 

Page 31: 29 July 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • William CURME – recommended by Mr. Manfield
  • James MORGAN – recommended by Mr. Acland
  • Maria BISHOP – ticket renewed by Mr. Cree [Listed in the 1841 census]

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Charles AMOR – recommended by Mr. Wms. Junr.
  • Elizabeth VINCENT – recommended by Mr. Wm. Henning
  • John WOODLAND – recommended by Mr. H. Williams

Discharges – Out-patients

  • Harriet GAWLER – cured
  • Hannah WHEATHAM – cured

 

Page 32: 5 August 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • George COWARD
  • William PAWLEY
  • Eliza SEALE

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Elizabeth SUCKLING

Discharges – In-patients

  • Elizth. TUFF

Discharges – Out-patients

  • Jane CHILD [at admission, the name was given as Childs]
  • Sarah COX
  • Martha HIBBS
  • Jas. HUTCHINGS
  • P.? KINGSMAN
  • R. ROGERS
  • Henry WARREN
  • Mary YEATMAN

 

Page 34: 12 August 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Mary Ann BOWLES
  • Edith BARTLETT – ticket renewed

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Eliza CHURCHILL
  • Thomas LESTER
  • Ann SMITH
  • Elizabeth THOMPSON

Discharges – In-patients

  • Eliza SEALE
  • Ann SMITH

 

Page 36: 19 August 1841

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Mary HODGES
  • Notes? OLIVER

Discharges – In-patients

  • James MUSGRAVE

Discharges – Out-patients

  • Eliza FESTER
  • George MUTFORD
  • Sarah NORTHOVER

 

Page 38: 26 August 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • John CORNISH

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Chare. BONNETT
  • Sarah CORNICK
  • Jane DAY
  • Ann PAINE
  • Saml REID [Listed in the 1841 census – referred to as “Read”]
  • Fanny SPRACKLEN

Discharges – In-patients

  • William BRIDLE
  • Samson DADE [Listed in the 1841 census]
  • Jane NOYES
  • Mercia PORTER

Discharges – Out-patients

  • Ann BISHOP

 

Page 40: 2 September 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Sarah TIZARD
  • Eliza WILTSHIRE

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Elizabeth GREGORY

Discharges – In-patients

  • Ann TIZARD

 

Page 42: 9 September 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Edward HARVEY
  • Joseph HOPKINS
  • Sarah PARKER

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Eliza ARNOLD
  • Robert BAKER
  • Sarah FRY
  • Elizabeth THRASHER

 

Page 43: 16 September 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Martha COATS – recommended by Mr. Goodenough
  • Maria HANN – recommended by R. Williams Junr.
  • Henry HUNT – admitted Monday last, 36 hours after his accident. Concussion of the brain; had already been seen by the parochial medical officer before being admitted to hospital. [The Committee decided that he should not have been admitted under these circumstances.]
  • Simeon VILE – recommended by Miss L. Coney

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Mary COOPER – recommended by Mrs. Floyer
  • Mary VOSS – recommended by Herb. Williams Esq.

Discharges

  • John HATCHER – relieved
  • Wm CURME (in-patient) – received some benefit; was made out-patient until the expiry of his ticket

 

Page 44: 23 September 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Mary CATTLE – ticket renewed by Isabella Waldy
  • Henry NEALE – ticket renewed by Revd. L. Foot
  • Ann WINZAR – ticket renewed by John Burnett [Listed in the 1841 census]

Admissions – Out-patients

  • George BISHOP – recommended by John Galpin
  • Elizabeth KIBBY – recommended by Miss Churchill

Discharges – In-patients

  • Mary Ann BOWLES – cured
  • Henry HUNT – died on 21 September. Had been admitted on 13 September with concussion of the brain. Post mortem carried out. Coroner’s enquiry – verdict: accidental death. [Buried on 24 September 1841 at Holy Trinity, Dorchester, aged 57. See burial register PE/DO(HT): RE 4/1, entry 527, at Dorset History Centre]

 

Page 45: 30 September 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Mary Ann COURTENEY
  • Marcia HODGES [May be Maria Hodges – see discharges listed under 14 October 1841]
  • Robert MILLER

Admissions – Out-patients

  • John COX
  • Mary WILLS

Discharges – In-patients

  • Eliza ?CURME – cured
  • George COWARD – relieved
  • Robert HANHAM [Listed in the 1841 census as “Hannam”]
  • Sarah PARKER – relieved
  • Wm. POWLEY – cured

 

Page 46: 7 October 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Maria BISHOP – re-admitted, recommended by Revd. J. R. Cree
  • John CAINES – recommended by R. Williams Junr.
  • John FARR – recommended by Revd. F. Urquhart
  • Elizabeth KIBBY – recommended by R. Williams
  • Elizabeth MATTHEWS – recommended by Revd. W. R. Churchill
  • Elizabeth SWEET – recommended by Mrs. Jackson

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Henry GILLETT – recommended by J. Floyer
  • Elizabeth MITCHELL – recommended by J. G. ? Bridge

Discharges – In-patients

  • Joseph HOPKINS – cured

 

Page 47: 14 October 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Edith BARTLETT – re-admitted, recommended by Mr. A. C. Bridge
  • Martha BATT [or BUTT] – recommended by Sir J. W. Smith
  • George CHURCHILL – recommended by R. Williams Jnr.
  • Jane KENDALL – recommended by Geo. Clark

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Sarah BEVIS – recommended by John Burnett
  • Luke BRIDLE – recommended by Wm. Bridge
  • Wm. CLIFTON – recommended by Dr. Jackson
  • Robert DAWE – recommended by J. A. Curme
  • Catherine DENBY – recommended by Anna Williams
  • Jane JOINER – recommended by Charlotte Yeatman
  • Ann LUCAS – recommended by Catherine Trollope
  • George SNOOK – recommended by Chrisr. Cooper M.D.
  • John SPRANKLIN – recommended by John Cox

Discharges – In-patients

  • Martha COATES – made an out-patient
  • Maria HODGES – died of a dropsy on 9 October. [Buried on 14 October 1841 at Holy Trinity, Dorchester, described as Maria (daughter of Samuel and Ann) Hodges of West Walks, aged 14. See burial register PE/DO(HT): RE 4/1, entry 528, at Dorset History Centre]
  • Sarah TIZARD

 

Page 49: 21 October 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • David SHAVE – recommended by Chas. Eldridge

 Admissions – Out-patients

  • Mary Ann LOCK
  • Francis WOOD

Discharges – In-patients

  • Henry READ

 

Page 51: 28 October 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • James BURT – recommended by John Floyer
  • John CORNISH – ticket renewed by Robt. Williams Junr.

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Harriett LOCK – recommended by H. Moule
  • Maria HANN – ticket renewed [had been an in-patient – see discharges below]
  • Robert MILLAR – ticket renewed [had been an in-patient – see discharges below]
  • Mary TOOP – recommended by Wm. Bridge

Discharges – In-patients

  • Maria HANN
  • Robert MILLER

 

Page 53: 4 November 1841

Admissions – Out-patients

  • William BAKER – recommended by Revd. C. Frampton
  • Sarah FRY – recommended by C. Henning
  • George LESTER – recommended by M. C. Weston
  • Elizabeth ROLLS – recommended by Revd. C. Frampton

Discharges – In-patients

  • John FARR – made an out-patient
  • John TROWBRIDGE

 

Page 54: 11 November 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Eliza DASH – recommended by Arthur Acland
  • Edward HARVEY – ticket renewed by Js. Frampton
  • James MALTON – recommended by Mrs. M. Michel
  • John PARNELL – recommended by Josh. Hounsell
  • George SNOOK – recommended by Coff? Foster
  • Charles SWYRE – recommended by Revd. Williams Jr.

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Emma FUDGE – recommended by Miss Churchill
  • Frances HOUNSELL – recommended by Mrs. M. Frampton
  • Hannah WEST – recommended by Josh. Jacob

Discharges – In-patients

  • John CAINS – made an out-patient [Name spelt “Caines” on admission]

 

Page 55: 18 November 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Elizabeth HARRIS – recommended by R. Williams Junr.
  • Mary Anne WOODSON – recommended by Mr. Templar
  • Simeon VILE – ticket renewed by Dr. Cooper [see discharges below]

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Charles ANDREWS – recommended by Edmd. Bryer
  • John BARRETT – recommended by Mr. Williams
  • Elizabeth COX – recommended by Chas. Porcher Esq.
  • Hannah CRITCHELL – recommended by Mr. Wm. Hawkins
  • Elizabeth CRUMPLER – recommended by Mr. Porcher
  • Elizabeth FOOTE – recommended by Mr. Colson
  • Thomas HOUSE – recommended by Mr. Porcher
  • Sarah SHITTLER – recommended by G. & W. Slade
  • William WELLSPRING – recommended by Mrs. Trollope

Discharges – In-patients

  • Jane KENDALL
  • James MALTON – “a child under 2 years old” brought in for an operation “& his friends refusing, is discharged by Rule XVI”
  • Simeon VILE – readmitted [see admissions above]
  • Ann WINZAR – made an out-patient on a new ticket dated next Thursday (still 1 week left on the old ticket) [Listed in the 1841 census]

 

Page 56: 25 November 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Mary CATTLE – ticket renewed
  • Elizabeth COX – recommended by Chas. Porcher Esq.
  • John LUSH [see out-patient admissions below]
  • James PAINTER – recommended by Revd. G. A. Seymer
  • Willm. WELLSPRING – recommended by R. Williams Esq.

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Mary BARTLETT – recommended by Revd. H. Moule
  • John LUSH – recommended by Mr. Bascombe. Admitted as an in-patient but to be treated as an out-patient until the next vacancy
  • Eleanor WELLMAN – recommended by Mr. E. Mondey
  • Ann WINZAR – recommended by Mr. Floyer [Listed in the 1841 census]

Discharges – In-patients

  • Geo. CHURCHILL – to be made an out-patient
  • Eliz: MATTHEWS
  • Geo. SNOOK

 

Page 57: 2 December 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Hannah SQUIBB – recommended by Revd. C. Onslow

Admissions – Out-Patients

  • Louisa ACLAND – recommended by Jas. Yearsley
  • Jane DICKER – recommended by A. H. Acland

Discharges – In-patients

  • Elizabeth HARRIS
  • Mary Ann WOODSON?

 

Page 59: 9 December 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Maria BISHOP – readmitted – recommended by Mr. G. Curme
  • W. GIFFORD – to be admitted on Saturday
  • Elizabeth KIBBY – recommended by Revd. Rd. Cutler Readmitted

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Elizth Anne BARNES
  • George CHALKER
  • John Gillett’s infant

Discharges – In-patients

  • Edith BARTLETT
  • Elizth. DART
  • Elizth. SWEET
  • Charles SWYER [was spelt “Swyre” when admitted]

 

Page 60: 16 December 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Isaac BARTLETT – recommended by W. C. Lambert
  • William SHORT – recommended by Revd. H. Scott

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Jane BURT – recommended by H. Plowman
  • Jane CROOKER – recommended by A. H. D. Acland
  • Mary Ann DAVIS – recommended by Revd. A. Shirley
  • David SHAVE – recommended by W. D. Tapp [see discharges below]
  • Elizth. WARREN – recommended by Revd. L. Foot
  • Elizth. WATTS – recommended by R. Williams

Discharges – In-patients

  • Martha BUTT
  • George FOOKS
  • David SHAVE – made an out-patient

 

Page 63: 23 December 1841

Admissions – In-patients

  • Wm BAKER – recommended by Lady H. Frampton

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Mary COOPER – recommended by Revd. R. Smith
  • James FEACY – recommended by Miss Hodges
  • Mary FUDGE – recommended by J. J. Lambert
  • Samuel PALMER – recommended by W. Henning
  • Mary SIMMONDS – recommended by Revd. H. Moule
  • Mary Ann WEST – recommended by Miss F. Arden
  • James WILKS – recommended by R. Williams Junr.

Discharges – In-patients

  • James BURT – relieved

 

Page 64: 30 December 1841

Admissions – Out-patients

  • Thomas ARNOLD – recommended by Revd. H. Moule
  • Thomas COSBY – recommended by Mr. Thos. Patch
  • William LEGG – recommended by ? Bridge