Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1883 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.
- Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
- Date:
- 1884
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1883 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
![lu.stitutiou, of Dr. Rolx-rtson, and of the Hon. and Rev. F. R. Groy, as still living- to rejoice in tli»' well-dointr of th^ Buxton Charity and its lictspital. Of tin's*' f;{.nno^ was ju«lici«>usly cxix'nded on tlio nrbuildiny of the Chanty Natural Baths; th»* lar^'*' rmiaininij'sum whicii those hatlis cost, and the whole cost of the Hot ]iaths of tlie Cliarity. havinir be«'U paid hy the munificenc** of the late Duk»' of Devonshire. Af.'ain. in 1S>M. when the prop^tsal of a hospital to reci'ivc the pati»-nts of the Institution was broujrht l)efore the public* by Mr. Sniithers and the other Trustees, tlie sum of i'l.<>0<) from the accuinulat«'d fund was jriven towards th*- Hosjtital ; leaving- a residuu of CI ..*)On consols, which sum remains thus invested, (See Estate Account.) The history and doing-.-* of the Buxton Bath Charity lia\f thus u summarily bnmirlit down to the time of forming- the H«»spital. tho expense's of whi<-h w<«re defray«'d by tlw individual and colb-ctivo liberality of the Trustees; by specijU subscription^ from the jiublic ; by the j)roceedii of a bazaar. th:it was bountifully supplied and supported, ^^c.—a totid sum of t'»».having- bi -n tbus g^ot tog-etlinr, und expended on the conversion of this valuable building' to hosjiital purposes. This conversion with its anxious details and succf'sslul results, was mainly due t(» the untinng'- exertions of the late Mr. Wilni<»t. aided ])y th«. architectural skill of Mr. H. Currey, and the liberal consideration of the late Duke of Devonshire. It forms an interesting- episode in this history, that, in the wint- r of ISCJ.:;. during'- what will l)e long' r«.'membered as the Cotton Famine, u special fund was obtained, chiefly by the exertions of the lat«' Mr. Wilniot^ and Ino ydung-- women, under .'JO years of ag-e, selected by the Relief Comujittees of their respective towns, as being- most likely to be beiiefitf'd by the chaiig-o of air and the coiuf(»rts of the Hospital, were received, and taken care of. as to f(»od. and as to medicines, and restored to th«'ir houics in the subse.|uent siiring--. with renovated liealth and streng'-th. and full of g'ratitude for wlint they had received. The balance of the subscriptions amountinL.'-. with interest, to t.'-J.5«j, was invested as a separate fund for ever.to enable ])oor female ojx'ratives from factory towns to be received into the Hosjiital. A very important circumstance in flie liivtoi y of the Hospital is that the g'rounds in front of it have been. Avith much kind consideration, nui<le over to the Institution, on tin- part <»f the Duke of Devonshire; maintaining the detached position of the building'-, enhancing- its appearance, and adding- to the out-door advantag'es of the patients. 'i'lie l)ull(ling' llie jtroperty of 11 is (irace t lie Duke of Devonshire; and 1 lie e(,iiversion of it to the use of the Hospital for ever, on the payment of the rent of JL'O yearly, was benevolently g-ranted by the late Duke of Devonshire, as testified on the stone on the south front of the building', on which is inscribed: The last munificent (^harity of William Spejicer. dth Duke of Devonshire, K.G.. who all<»wed these buildinvr>< to be converted to the use of the sick poor, January, A.D., iK'jS. ' A considerable sun) of money that had been collected for the coHMtruction of the Hospital was expended upon the work. The](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24768340_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
