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.

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    Appendix-,- ii^V CTnremont, being sinTicienlly central for tlie Piip])ly of medirines to tlie Pedro district. A dispensary assist- ant is always in attendance, and lam there on a a: average of iive days m the week. Avt St. Anns-Bay,, ten miles to the N.W. of (Jlarein^^nt, an al)nndant tiupply ofa.11 m^dicin<esand appliaruces, can ^^je obtained from \\y<}. resklenX practitioner, and from Keveral Ntores in Hie town ; but at the Moneague, which-is the market viihi«;e, at the other extremity of my district,. 1 think it highly desirable that a well constituted dis])ansary siioul-l be established^ and I would vvill- iii::c!v ua>lertake tiu? responsibility m.yself,, buX from a conviction, tiia.t withom some assistance,.;!, pecuniary I0.SS would be the result. At the Moneag.ue, medi- cines may cei'tainly he purchased at the stores, but as there is no n^edical pracliitionei? for many miles to- the eastward of lh« village, the district being recent- ly relinquished by J)r. j^onald of St. Mary's-, it is, obviously important that a duly qualified and recog- nized dispenvoary &ly)uhl be at band, not only to en- sure an adecpiate supply of drugs, but also to advise,, in slight cas^s> an-d t© commamicatfr wltlv me when re- quisite, also as a point accessible to the pnblic, ta diffuse vaccination. The di,stricts above mentioned, are at pj-esent healthy. 1 am, gentlemenv Your obedient servant,. (Signed,) JAMES STEW AIIT. Answers of the hmwm^)ie Bn/an Edwards to circular- of ^th Septembery 1851v Sj)anish- Towny October 4tky J 851, Sir, I have the honor ^o. a'cLnowIedige-yonr letter of 18ll> Septeini^er, requiring, on the part of thiC committee of the Central Bjard of Beaith, a statement of the pre- sent sanitarv condition and requirements of (he pa- i^of Tlionicis in the Vale, previously to ansAver-