1826—November 6—Election of a physician in the room of Dr. Lewis, resigned. The candidates were Dr. Nash, proposed by John Williams, Esq., and William Wall, Esq.; and Dr. Streeten, proposed by the Rev. Digby Smith and Major Johnson. At the close of the ballot Dr. Nash was found to have 298 votes, and Dr. Streeten 243—majority for Dr. Nash 55.
1827—May 8—The governors agreed to the erection of an operating room, and other necessary offices, at an expense of £700.
1829—June 5—Mr. T. H. Wheeler elected secretary, vice Mr. Elcox, resigned.
1829—July 27—Mr. T. Carden elected surgeon, vice John Carden, Esq., resigned.
1830—July 2—The funded property of the institution, hitherto in different stocks, was all transferred to the Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced.
1833—December 27—At the quarterly meeting of the governors, Earl Beauchamp in the chair, it was announced that £1,126 had been collected for the institution during the last few months at different churches and Dissenting chapels, which would pay off the debt of £550, due to the treasurers, and enable them to get through the next twelve months without touching the funded property. Mr. Gutch afterwards read a report of a committee which had been appointed to inquire into the expenditure of the institution which had, for a series of years, exceeded the income. They admitted that there had been great abuses in various departments of the institution, and especially as to the supply of drugs and chemicals, and it was therefore recommended that a practical chemist should be appointed on the drug committee, who, during his appointment, should be ineligible to supply drugs. They recommended also that all legacies, above £100, should be funded, with sundry other regulations. The report was received, but it was determined not to publish the evidence upon which it was founded, by a majority of 16 to 11.
1834—April 4—At the quarterly meeting of the governors, a resolution, determining that all legacies of £100 should be funded, was adopted; and it was also resolved that the evidence taken respecting the mal-administration of the drug department, should be referred to a select committee.
1834—June 27—It was determined to take counsel’s opinion as to the power of the Corporation to renew the lease of ground on which the Infirmary stood, as it belonged to Nash’s Charity. This matter had repeatedly been under the attention of the governors, and at last it was found necessary to obtain an Act of Parliament, in order to legalise the lease. The sub-committee reported that no further investigation that could be made into the irregularities which had taken place, and the discrepancy between the amount of drugs ordered and consumed, would be satisfactory; and so the matter finally dropped.
1838—August 16—Election of a surgeon, in the room of Mr. Thomas Carden, deceased. There were no less than ten candidates, and a great deal of interest was excited in the matter by peculiar circumstances attending some of the candidates. John Williams, Esq., was called to preside over the meeting, which was adjourned to the County Courts for the sake of room. The chairman proposed Mr. Edward Morris, who was seconded by William Acton, Esq.; Colonel Davis and Mr. Sidebottom proposed Mr. J. H. Walsh; James Morton, Esq., and R. Spooner, Esq., proposed Mr. H. D. Carden; the Major and Mr. Duncan proposed Mr. Budd. An objection had been raised to Mr. Carden because he had not been, as the rules were considered to require, resident during the previous twelve months in Worcester. Counsel’s opinion was taken on the point, and a very tedious and hot discussion took place on the matter at the meeting. Ultimately it came to a vote, and 106 declared Mr. Carden eligible, and 90 that he was not. His name, therefore, went to the ballot, and he was elected—having received 310 votes to 131 for Mr. Walsh, and 40 for Mr. Budd.
1843—June 30—At a quarterly meeting of the governors, a strong resolution was passed in reference to a disgraceful attack upon C. H. Hebb, Esq., which had appeared in the Guardian newspaper. Mr. Hebb having had an operation very successfully performed upon him, presented the Infirmary with a sum of £10 in token of his thankfulness, and partly because the instruments belonging to that institution had been employed by the operating surgeon. The writer in the Guardian affirmed that the instruments had been purchased solely with a view to this very operation, and so “the shine was taken out” of Mr. Hebb’s donation. This proved to be utterly false.