[1] The origins of Arbroath Infirmary can be traced back to 1836 when a dispensary run by local medical practitioners was set up by public subscription to meet an urgent need for medical provision and the care of the poor in Arbroath.

Following a typhus epidemic in 1842, a small fever ward for in-patients was set up, and the following year subscriptions began to be collected so an infirmary could be established.

[2] The result of these efforts led to the official foundation of the hospital 12 January 1845 at premises in Dundee Road, Arbroath,[3] originally for cases of fever and accidents.

[5] After experiencing overcrowding, it was moved in 1916[6] to a larger building in Rosemount Road.

[1] With the advent of the National Health Service in 1947, Arbroath Infirmary became part of the Eastern Region Hospital Board.