Report by the Central Board of Health of Jamaica / presented to the legislature under the provisions of the 14th Vic. chap. 60, and printed by order of the Assembly.

  • Jamaica. Central Board of Health
Date:
1852
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Credit: Report by the Central Board of Health of Jamaica / presented to the legislature under the provisions of the 14th Vic. chap. 60, and printed by order of the Assembly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    .Aj>pf'ndi.v. HSivers of Dr. Chamherlaiiie to circular Qtk Seplem- ber, 1851. A statement of the present sanitary condi- tion and requirements of the city and parish of Kino-ston. bv R. Chamberlaine, M.D., M.R.C. S. London. The committee of the Central Board of Health in eir circular of the 8th ultimo, desire inter alia,' to ive a statement of the present sanitary condition id requirements of this parish. One of these circulars' is addressed to me, and I )pe I shall be found readily disposed, when any re- lisition is put forth, and couched in the language of >urtesy, as this circular' undoubtedly is, to meet le wishes and desires therein expressed, and particu- rly on a subject of such primary, of such paramount terest and consideration. A subject indeed that in- )lves life itself. A subject in which our very exist- ice, one and all, is intimately connected and mainly spends ; and who and what members of our profes- on would be backward or indifferent in responding or complying with, an apj)lication so complaisant- made? None surely. But let one ask, in sober piousness, is it not a work of supererogation ? I link it such. Have not reports of a similar nature ?en repeatedly made ? Have I not often individu- ly called the attention of the authorities, aye, in l int likewise to the state of such things ? Have I Dt for special reasons conducted the queen's com- lissioner in person, over all those sections of the city I which abominations were most frequently preva- int, and most commonly to be seen, and which I onceived should he brought under the notice and ognizance of sucii a functionary] Verily 1 have! And diat utility, what benefit have these labours brought )rth ? What indeed] What attention or care has, t any time, or in any season, been bestowed upon