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“We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane”
Health and Wellbeing
Research Themes Supported
Hull History Centre holds large numbers of collections on subjects related to health and wellbeing. Such collections can aid research into many areas including:
- Hospitals and Asylums
- Mental Health
- Children’s Homes
- Early Years of the NHS
- Socialism and Welfare
- Boards of Guardians and the Poor Law
- Civil Rights Campaigning
- Immigrants’ Welfare
- Slum Clearance
- Seafarers’ Welfare and Safety
- Health Boards
- Infectious Diseases (Cholera and Spanish Flu)
- Charitable Societies
Typical Record Formats
Health and wellbeing records commonly include hospital and asylum admission and discharge registers, health department reports, campaign publicity, photographs, committee minutes, correspondence.
Further collections
The following PDF contains a list of HHC collections that may be useful to researchers interested in various aspects of health and wellbeing.
- Source Guide Health & Wellbeing List of collections relevant to the study of health and wellbeing at HHC
Additional supporting material
The following material may also be useful when researching this area:
- Local newspapers, available on microfilm or via the British Newspaper Archive Online – campaigns and election platforms relating to health and welfare are usually reported on in newspapers, as is the construction of new buildings such as hospitals.
- Local Studies and historical maps – these can help trace the development of buildings such as workhouses, hospitals and orphanages.
