Plan of a dispensary for the benefit of the industrious poor within the district of Jedburgh.
Kelso: : Printed by Alexander Ballantyne, (at the Kelso Mail Office),
1807.
At the beginning of the 19th century certain gentlemen in Jedburgh and district decided to raise a fund by subscription for the pious and charitable purpose of procuring cordials and medicines for the relief of the indigent sick of the parish. A subscription list was prepared, announcing the enterprise and setting out the regulations. The dispensary was situated at 4 The High Street, but in 1867 there was a forced auction, or roup, at the premises that seems to indicate that there were cash flow problems. The dispensary finally closed in the 1930s.
Dispensaries
Scotland Kelso.