An account of a West Indian sanatorium and a guide to Barbados / by J.H. Sutton Moxly.

  • Moxly, J. H. Sutton (Joseph Henry Sutton)
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of a West Indian sanatorium and a guide to Barbados / by J.H. Sutton Moxly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II. HOW BARBADOS BECAME A SANATORIUM. Establishment of system of sanitation in the Garrison— Striking results of the same, and of improvements in the housing of the troops—Barbados becomes a resort for invalids from the other West India Islands—The situation and physical conformation of this island calculated to make it extremely salu- brious—Schomburgk's opinion of Barbados as a health-resort—The absence of tropical forest con- ducive to health. REMOTE, however, as are the West Indies, the wave of sanitation reached Barbados at last. By slow steps, but sure, improvements were made, new barrack accommodation was built for the soldiers, a suitable system of sanitation was adopted in the garrison, and— greatest boon of all—a copious supply of the purest water was brought in, by private enter- prise assisted by a Government subsidy, from the country to Bridgetown, the capital, and
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