[2] Arthur was also much involved with providing for the needs of the sick - she created a Dorcas Society in the late 1880s to give clothing to those recovering at Paisley Infirmary, and with her husband's help give soup and bread to poor people who had been recently sent home from the hospital.

[1] In 1903 the Jane Arthur Fund was set up to pay for the recovery of poor patients.

[1] Jane was also the vice President of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, which, in 1866, initiated a public baths scheme.

[1] She and her husband also contributed to the building of the Paisley model lodging-house and provided mid-morning tea for the inmates of the poor house.

[5] In The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women there is an entry on Jane Arthur, by C. Joan McAlpine.