— the highest by any Scottish council — compared with 34.7 per cent for 2007–2008. Healthcare facilities were developed in the 19th century. In 1836 a dispensary was set up by subscription to give medical care to the poor. In 1842 a typhus epidemic led to a small isolation ward. Arbroath Infirmary, also financed by subscriptions, opened in 1845 and relocated to larger premises in 1916. Medical facilities continue to be provided at Arbroath Infirmary on Rosemount Road by NHS Tayside and further afield at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. The Abbey Health Centre in East Abbey Street and Springfield Medical Centre in Ponderlaw Street provide primary health care. Arbroath, along with the rest of Scotland is served by the Scottish Ambulance Service. Police Scotland have a police station in Gravesend and the town is served by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. A lifeboat station was established in 1803 and was among the first in Scotland. The current RNLI station houses the only remaining Scottish slipway-launched lifeboats. The two lifeboats are an inshore inflatable D-class lifeboat (IB1), the Robert Ferguson, and an all-weather Mersey Class, the Inchcape. Notable people In alphabetical order: Gus Alexander (1934–2010), footballer Marion Angus (1865–1946), poet, lived in Arbroath from 1876 until her father's death in 1902. Returned in 1945, a year before her death. Her ashes were scattered across Elliot Links. Neil Arnott FRS LLD (1788–1874) was born in Arbroath. He became physician-extraordinary to Queen Victoria and was the inventor of a prototype waterbed and warm air stove. David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929), founder of the Buick Motor Company. Inventor of the enamelled bathtub and the overhead valve engine was born and baptised in the town. James Chalmers (1782–1853), Post Office reformer and disputed inventor of the adhesive postage stamp was born in the town. Dominik Diamond (born 1969), TV presenter Ned Doig (1866–1919), Arbroath-born goalkeeper. The only Arbroath F.C. footballer to win a Scotland cap while playing for the club. Martin Fair (born 1964), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2020–2021 and minister at St Andrew's Parish Church, Arbroath. John Ritchie Findlay (1824–1898), proprietor of The Scotsman newspaper and philanthropist. Graham Gano (born 1987), American football placekicker for the Carolina Panthers and the New York Giants of the NFL was born in Arbroath and considers it his home town. James Glen Sivewright Gibson (1861–1951), architect, Arbroath born. Robert Pearse Gillies (1789–1858), poet