"J147" has a photograph of the former Derbyshire Hospital for Women on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2007.

The Royal Deaf and Dumb Institution was founded in 1879. It opened a hospital here in Friargate in 1894 for 162 children. By 1912, it was full.

Hospitals were not mandated to archive their patient records, but you may find photographs and administrative records in the Archives.

Derby city had a number of hospitals, asylums, sanitaria and specialized care facilities. None of these was required to archive their patient records, and what does exist may fall under the 100-year closure laws. You may find administrative and accounting records in the county archives.

The county Lunatic Asylum was at Mickleover.

The Derbyshire Royal Infirmary was on the London Road. This is now the London Road Community Hospital.

The Royal Derby Hospital, (formerly Derby City General Hospital) is one of two teaching hospitals in the city of Derby. It is on Uttoxeter Road about three miles west of the City Centre.

The Derbyshire Hospital for Sick Children was on North Street. This is now co-located on the Royal Derby Hospital site.

The Derbyshire Hospital for Women was on Bridge Street.

The Borough Infectious Hospital was on Mansfield Road.

• Holdings of Lambeth Palace Library - a Directory of medical licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury lists some early practitioners in Derbyshire.
   
• Medical Heritage of Great Britain, a site produced by the Bath & Wessex Medical History Group, providing detailed information on a county level of the history of medical treatments, and locations of some associated buildings.
   
• "Cholera Morbus" arrived in England in 1831 and swept through the whole of the country during 1832.
   
• A CD-ROM of Lunacy in 19th Century Derbyshire, compiled by Sylvia WRIGHT, can be found at several sources.
   
• Derbyshire was one of the centers of the Voluntary Aid Detachments created during World War One. Women were trained in first aid and basic medical care and used in numerous hospitals and aid stations across the country. The Newark Great War Bulletin of 19 October 1914 gives some details on page 2.
   
• The British Red Cross is delighted to launch a new digital resource making the First World War service records of members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment accessible online for the first time. Recording the service of ambulance drivers, nurses, stretcher bearers, knitters and cooks, the collection is an exceptional source of historical information about non-military activity at this time. Please visit RedCross.org to search the first tranche of 30,000 cards.

• Public Health and Epidemics, this Research Guide from The National Archives, provides an interesting overview of 19th & 20th century attempts to safeguard the health of our ancestors.
• Vaccination against smallpox was compulsory in England and Wales from 1853 until 1948. A Vaccination Certificate was issued to the parents of each vaccinated child as proof that the vaccination had taken place.

• UK & Ireland - Medical Records - links and information.