Droitwich Spa was reopened in 2006. Droitwich's first workhouse was set up on Holloway in 1688 and were finally abolished in the 1920s. Droitwich Lunatic Asylum was established in 1791. Records at the Worcestershire County Record Office show its presence in 1837 to 1838. An advert in the Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association (the forerunner of the British Medical Association) in 1844, records that Martin Ricketts, of Droitwich, was the Surgeon and Sir Charles Hastings from the Worcester Infirmary was the Physician. In 1714 the first Turnpike in Worcestershire was opened to Worcester. A commemorative plaque was unveiled by
Spa town Hajdúszoboszló, Gyula, Bogács, Bükkszék, Zalakaros, the Cave Bath at Miskolctapolca and the Zsóry-fürdő at Mezőkövesd. "See: List of spa towns in Italy" In Italy, spa towns, called "città termale" (from Latin "thermae"), are very numerous all over the country because of the intense geological activity of the territory. These places were known and used since the Roman age. "See: List of spa towns in Poland" Most spa towns in Poland are located in the Lesser Poland and Lower Silesian Voivodeships. Some of them have an affix ""Zdrój"" in their name (written with hyphen or separately), meaning "water spring", to denote