Health and Society

"The 'doctor' will see you now": Medical care in Turvey in the 1830s.
Being ill was a familiar but challenging experience in 1830’s Turvey, especially for the poor of the village.
Philanthropy in Turvey 1840-1900
Before the advent of the welfare state state communities depended on mutual aid and charitable provision. This article describes the philanthropic efforts of the Higgins family, and others, in the nineteenth century.
The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 1
The 2020/21 Covid-19 pandemic has given us an insight into what it might have been like in Turvey in earlier times when epidemics of infectious diseases would have been much more familiar. This first article in a series of three gives an introduction to the history of epidemic disease and explores whether the Black Death might have come to Turvey in the fourteenth century.
The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 2
This is the second article in a series of three on how epidemic diseases might have affected Turvey, and looks firstly at smallpox . This was the most lethal disease in the eighteenth century, but, as we can see through some surviving Turvey letters and diaries, the use of vaccination began the journey which eventually eradicated this disease from the world. The article concludes with a mention of cholera.
The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 3
This is the third article in a series of three and delves into the burial records to see whether Turvey was affected by the major nineteenth century epidemics. Unexpectedly, a mysterious high number of deaths occurred in 1861. What could have caused these?

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