All about those who paid for Worcester Infirmary?
Sarah Dentith
- Organisation:
- George Marshall Medical Museum
- Region:
- Worcestershire
- Notice Period:
- Regular (more than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Charity
- Fee:
- Paid: 60 plus travel
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 20th November 2025
- Tagged:
- History | Medical | Worcestershire | Victorian
This talk looks at the great and the good of Worcester and beyond, who funded the Infirmary but it also looks at economic change at the turn of the twentieth century when middle class women were gaining a little freedom in the charities they supported and working class men could fund their own medical expenses before the National Insurance Act
My award winning undergraduate dissertation was on the history of Worcester Infirmary, looking at the people that funded it at the end of the Victorian Period and why.
Views: 1771 | Enquiries: 9About Sarah Dentith
I work in archives and libraries and I am interested in the social side of medical history, looking at the people involved, their motivations and the lives they lived.
My talks are charged at £60 plus travel for the George Marshall Medical Museum Worcester which is a charity see details at medicalmuseum.org
I have been giving talks since 2015 to Probus clubs, U3A, WI, mature luncheon clubs and more in afternoons and evenings.
I researched First World War patients at Powick Mental Hospital, near Worcester, for my Masters in Local History in 2018/9 at University of Birmingham and was awarded a bursary to research this for the Worcestershire World War One Hundred project.
For my research on Victorian funding at Worcester Infirmary during my Degree course 2012/4 at University of Worcester I won awards from the University and from Worcestershire Historical Society.
I also now have a talk based on family history research since I discovered my great great great grandfather rebuilt Worcester Dispensary. This includes many images from the Worcestershire Archives.
I am prepared to deliver talks on my previous research or, given sufficient time, to research a topic on request related to local medical or social history.
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