Medical services were widespread even before the 20th century, though less sophisticated and not as freely accessible as is the case today. Northampton General Infirmary, which was founded in 1744, is particularly notable but, as you can read below, free vaccination services reached the rural hinterland by the mid-1800s and friendly societies went quite some way in easing the cost of treatment.
- A Short Account of the Founding of St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton by Hereward Wake [1984] (page 95)
- Differentials in Smallpox Vaccination Rates in Northamptonshire in the late Nineteenth Century by Bill Askew [2024]
- Emergency! Northampton General Hospital's First Road Accident Casualty by Victor A Hatley [1980] (page 230) Successful treatment to John Marshall's injury in 1744.
- Early Modern Practitioners This project focuses on the biographies of medical practioners active during c.1500-1715. So far, 13 county studies have been issued including one for Leicestershire which features a number of individuals with Northamptonshire connections. Links to access these reports can be found on its County Studies page.
- Lazar House at Stamford Baron
- Mutuality in Victorian Northampton: The Friendly Societies’ Medical Institute by R L Greenall [2010] (page 68)
- Northampton General Hospital Admissions 1774-1846 (£) Searchable index created from original registers kept at Northamptonshire Archives. Some of the 126,545 records are multiple references to individuals who were patients on more than one occasion.
- Northampton Infirmary Child Patients 1744-1801 (£) Searchable index created from original registers kept at Northamptonshire Archives. Some of the 4,210 records are multiple references to individuals who were patients on more than one occasion.
- Plague at Towcester, 1608
- Records for St Crispin Hospital, Northampton [2025] Outline of the history and types of records created by this establishment, which was formerly known as Northampton County Lunatic Asylum or Berrywood. Examples are given of some of the information that they provide.
- Statement of cases treated at Abington Abbey during 1853 by Thomas Prichard [1854] Describes of the background, condition and treatment of 45 patients at a private asylum; their names are not mentioned.
- The Black Death in the Hundred of Higham Ferrers by Norman Groome [1982] (page 309) Records from the Court of that Hundred provide evidence of exactly when the pestilence struck locally early in 1349.
- The Local Hospital Fund by J W Anscombe [1998] (page 76) How the three hamlets of the parish of Woodford cum Membris worked to help the hospitals they used in the early 20th century.
- The joy to bless and to relieve mankind: Child healthcare at Northampton General Infirmary 1744 by Andrew N Williams [2006]
- The Northampton Bills of Mortality
- The Plague at Northampton by Shelagh Bond [1965] (page 276) Background to and text of a letter written in 1639 about the financial impact of plague there.
- Village Friendly Societies in Nineteenth-Century Northamptonshire by R L Greenall [2009] (page 69)
- Who and where was ‘Widow Bott at Naseby’? by Francis Howcutt [2025] The home of Hannah Bott was used for vaccinations in the 1850s, helping to eliminate smallpox from the Naseby area.
- William Cowper and the Northampton Bills of Mortality by D Powell [1973] (page 19)
Detailed reports about St Andrew's hospital 'for Mental Diseases at Northampton for the Upper and Middle Classes' during the years listed below are available. They include information about the seaside house at Bryn-Y-Neuadd, Llanfairfechan.
Annual reports of Northampton General Lunatic Asylum with associated accounts can be seen for these years: