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Leaflets like this one were printed by a Board of Health which was formed hastily when cholera broke out in Warrington in the summer of 1832. In that year 117 people died of cholera in the town.

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Warrington Dispensary and Infirmary opened on Kendrick Street in 1877. Before this there was a public dispensary on Market Street but no public hospital.

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The opening of the Infirmary was a grand occasion marked by a procession and a luncheon at the Town Hall

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The foundation stone is laid for the Infirmary extension, 1907.

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The new operating theatre, 1924, with the theatre staff awaiting their first lucky patient!

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This warning was issued by the town's health department in 1914.

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Advert for the first public baths, 1851: separate bathing and separate temperatures for gentlemen and ladies!

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Legh Street Baths were opened by a private company in 1865 and taken over by the Corporation in 1873 when the company failed.

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The Public Health Act of 1848 allowed local councils to buy land to make public parks. Before this date parks like these were for the private use of rich local families. Queen's Gardens in Palmyra Square was bought by the council for public use in 1897.

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Shown here around 1900, the aviary in Bank Park was a popular attraction. You can make out the wire cage in the background.

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