1742 BATH GENERAL HOSPITAL AND INFIRMARY 033. WARBURTON, William. A sermon preached at the Abbey-Church at Bath, for promoting the Charity and Subscription towards the General Infirmary in that City; on Sunday, October 24. 1742. Publish'd at the request of the Governors of the said Hospital. To which is added, a short account of the nature, rise, and progress, of the general infirmary at Bath. London. Printed for J. Leake, at Bath; And sold by J. and P. Knapton, near St., Paul's. 1742. [4],[4],39,[1]p. Recent wrappers. A nice copy. The four unnumbered pages containing "The General Account of the Benefactions etc." are bound after the leaves bearing the title page and dedication with which they are conjugate, and not at the back of the pamphlet where they are recorded in the ESTC description. FLU American location in ESTC only. NUC adds MH, NN, CLU-C, NNNAM. William Warburton (698-1779), Bishop of Gloucester, critic and editor of Pope. Pages 25-39 contain "A short account of the Nature, Rise and Progress of the General Infirmary at Bath." The need for a hospital for the poor at Bath resulted from the great number of strangers who came to Bath for the benefit of the waters: "The great concourse of Poor resorting to this City for the use of the medicinal waters, and begging of the gentry here for their support, induced several well-disposed persons to think of a scheme of erecting an Infirmary, or Hospital, for the Cure and Maintenance of such poor Strangers. " The hospital was founded in 1738.