Collection GB 0074 ACC/3682 - HAMPSTEAD PROVIDENT DISPENSARY

0.3 linear metres

Nothing is known of the history of the records between 1948 and 1996 when LMA purchased this collection.
GB 0074 ACC/3682 1851-1915 Collection 0.3 linear metres Hampstead Provident Dispensary
United Provident Institution

Hampstead Provident Dispensary was founded in 1846 by the Reverend Thomas Ainger and others as a sick relief club and self supporting dispensary with 53 members. Benefitted members, who had to be earning less than 25 shillings a week and not be in receipt of poor relief, paid a small weekly sum, while unbenefitted members paid large contributions. The Club was run by a committee of both types of members. By 1851 the membership had increased to 957.

Initially the Sick Club and Dispensary used rooms in New End Workhouse. In 1850 land was purchased at New End using money from collections in all Hampstead churches and chapels in thanksgiving for escaping cholera in 1849. After a further appeal a three storey building opened in 1853. In January 1879 the Hampstead Dispensary, situated in Heath Street, amalgamated with the Hampstead Provident Dispensary operating from the New End premises. A West Hampstead branch opened in 1888 at 33 Mill Lane.

After the passing of the National Insurance Act in 1911 the dispensary declined in importance. It closed in 1948 on the creation of the National Health Service and the dispensary building was sold in 1950.

The United Provident Institution was a friendly society founded in 1847 and with 529 members in 1897. The Reverend Thomas Ainger was an active member of the Committee for Promoting the United Provident Institution in Hampstead. Its Hampstead Local Board, whose activities included a Medical Relief Fund, held their meetings at the Dispensary.

Nothing is known of the history of the records between 1948 and 1996 when LMA purchased this collection.

Purchased in 1996

The records consist of the three surviving minute books of the Hampstead Provident Dispensary together with a minute book of the United Provident Institution which is only partly used, entries becoming increasingly brief in the late 1860s before ceasing altogether.

Four volumes

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.
English

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. July to October 2009 Provident societies Health services Dispensaries Information sources Documents Business records Corporate minutes Financial institutions Finance United Provident Institution Hampstead Provident Dispensary

Purchased in 1996

The records consist of the three surviving minute books of the Hampstead Provident Dispensary together with a minute book of the United Provident Institution which is only partly used, entries becoming increasingly brief in the late 1860s before ceasing altogether.

Four volumes

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.

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English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais