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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    AppendiXk 1 'J' cured at nine-pence, {)or day. In payinsj wages, I believe the rent for house and ground is deducted, and 1 rather think settlements are usually made weekly. The main cause whicli draws labour from the estates anil plantation, is the petty freeiiolJ and money culti- vation, of which I spoke in my hist anssver to ques- tion three. No. 5. The out-door paupers cost this parish, at this present time, rather more than £()oO per annum,' the number of persons on the out door pauper list, is one hundred and forty seven. The parish asylum cost about £200 more. The ex pence of graves and coffins exceeds £r>0 per annum, niakins; a total of £.900 per annum. I do not think any part of the agricultural population al)]e to pay f)r medical assistance indivi- dually. Hie only way they could procure it would be by each paying a small sum yearly or half yearly, so as to raise a fund, out of which, when a call was made, the medical attendant might be remunerated. This almost all have the ability to do, but the incli- nation is wanting. No. (>. Three. Dr. Pine, at Golden Spring; Dr. Falconer, at Ketreat Cottage, near the foot of .Stoney Hill; and S)r. Downer, al Bran's Delight, near Half- way Tree. Tlie number is not adequate. There is no medical practitioner in t!te east district, and none in the Red Hill district. These two districts vv'ould not be attended by tiie three practitioners alluded to. The medical gentlemen who practiced in this parish, under the old regime, were Hawkins, Stamp, Gray,' senior. Gray, junior, Downer, M'Fadyen, Dallas, and another, whose nauie 1 forget; all these had full em- ployment. But independent of three being inade- quate to attend in all parts of so large an area as St. Andrew's comprises, two out of the three are engaged in other avocations, and decline active practice, per haps, however, it miglit be otlierwise was the remu- neration made equal to the labour involved. No. 7. There is no dispensary, there is, however, an asylum, or poor house; into which sick or decre-