John Winter Dryland
Dryland Memorial and Horse Troughs
He began his practice in Kettering in 1857. As well as his normal duties, he took on the role of public vaccinator, which involved the difficult task of persuading often reluctant parents to allow their children to receive the new-fangled prevention against smallpox.
He became medical officer of the workhouse, and the rural sanitary authority, and was therefore responsible for the prevention of infectious diseases. He was the inspiration behind the building of the Isolation Hospital (later Rockingham Road Hospital) in1897.
He was a keen huntsman and cricketer.
After his death, the Dryland Memorial-a drinking fountain for people and animalsĀ - was erected in Sheep Street.