The School Dental Clinic
Read how the Boer war led to the creation of a school dental clinic in Saltaire, but not without a fight!
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Health and welfare
Read items from our blog about issues of health and welfare in Saltaire.
Health and welfare of workers at Salts Mill and the residents of Saltaire were always a priority for Sir Titus Salt and later owners. Saltaire got its own hospital in 1868 and alms houses were provided for ‘deserving’ retired residents. And there’s lots more to be told…
Dentist H Alvin Mahoney fixes Saltaire’s teeth
Read about the dentist H Alvin Mahoney, appointed in 1912 as Saltaire’s dental surgeon and head of the new children’s dental clinic.
Master of dental surgery: Albert Ernest Ellison
Find out about Albert Ernest Ellison, school dentist in Saltaire and co-inventor of ‘Nerve Destroyer’, an instant cure for toothache.
A ‘rum’ question
Find out how a Christmas celebration featuring a bottle of rum nearly got a matron dismissed