The original Salisbury Infirmary

This page brings together material on patients in Salisbury Infirmary during the 1850s. It was not unusual for poor people from Dorset to be admitted into the Infirmary. During the 1850s, four Dorset Poor Law Unions subscribed to Salisbury Infirmary, as did a number of Dorset landowners, sometimes in preference to their own county hospital.

Patients’ details are contained in the following transcripts, which open as PDFs. Use the name index below to identify which transcript(s) a particular individual appears in. For patients who appear on one of the admission lists, the index will tell you the date of the relevant list. The admission lists have been extracted from the “Secretary’s Register of Admissions and Discharges” held at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre: volume J8/170/1 covers the period 10 July 1852 to 21 August 1858, and volume J8/170/2 covers from 21 August 1858 onwards.

• A1: Patients mentioned in newspaper reports 1850-52 Coming soon
• A2 In-patients recommended by Dorset Poor Law Unions 1852-60 (based on the “Secretary’s Register”)
• A3: In-patients (and staff) in the 1851 census
• A4: In-patients on 10 July 1852 (based on the “Secretary’s Register”)
• A5(i): In-patient deaths 1852-53 (based on the “Secretary’s Register”)
• A7: Some burials of Infirmary patients 1850-59

Admission lists (all based on the “Secretary’s Register”):

• B1: In-patient admission lists July-August 1852
• B2: In-patient admission lists September 1852
• B3: In-patient admission lists October 1852
• B4: In-patient admission lists November-December 1852
• C1: In-patient admission lists January 1853
• C2: In-patient admission lists February 1853

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Name index to patients treated by Salisbury Infirmary in the 1850s