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
  1. "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Times. 11 July 1835. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Times. 29 April 1837. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. "The old dispensary". Herefordshire Through Time. Herefordshire Council. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Times. 6 July 1989. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. Weaver, Phillip (2015). A Dictionary of Herefordshire Biography. Herefordshire: Logaston Press. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-1-906663-97-1.
  6. "The Old Dispensary, Union Street". HER Search. Herefordshire Council. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Journal. 28 July 1900. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. "Hereford Dispensary". Hereford Journal. 30 July 1910. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  9. English County. A Planning Survey of Herefordshire. West Midland Group on Post War Reconstruction and Planning. 1946. p. 215.

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