Health and hospitals

Health records kept include the following:

Primary sources

• Acute, long stay and mental hospital records, 19th to 20th centuries (but see link below)
• Plymouth Public Dispensary and Plymouth Medical Society records, 18th to 20th centuries
• Medical Officer of Health, reports, 1877 to 1972
• Port Sanitary Authority, reports, 1877 to 1910, minutes, 1882-1923
• Report on the Health of Plymouth, 1854

Printed source

The Development of the Welfare State, A. Land, R. Lowe and N Whiteside, (Public Record Office, 1992).

Internet source

Follow the link to the Hospital Records (HOSPREC) website hosted by the National Archives and the Wellcome Institute.

A search for 'Plymouth' will give details on the surviving records of the following hospitals:

• Alexandra Maternity Home, Plymouth
• Crownhill Convalescent Home, Plymouth
• Mount Gould Hospital, Plymouth
• Plymouth General Hospital (Devonport), Plymouth
• Plymouth General Hospital (Freedom Fields), Plymouth
• Plymouth General Hospital (Greenbank), Plymouth
• Plymouth General Hospital (Lockyer Street), Plymouth
• Plympton Hospital, Plymouth
• Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth
• Scott Hospital, Plymouth
• Royal Naval Hospital (East Stonehouse) Plymouth

A search for 'Ivybridge' will give details on the surviving records of the following hospitals:

• Moorhaven Hospital, Ivybridge
• Lee Mill Hospital, Ivybridge

A search for 'South Brent' will give details on the surviving records of the following hospital:

• Didworthy Hospital, South Brent

Note:

Restricted access of between 30 and 100 years may apply to certain records.