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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    fi,s, in numerous instances, to rentier him intlepend. ent of his wages as a labourer. Durinj^ the seasoa of crop, the labourers work tive days in each week ; but Lil other times of the year only four; and they take many holidays at Easter, in August, and at Ciiristmas. ]\'o. 0. There are two hundred and twenty persons on the pauper relief list of the parish ofSt. Jauies, %vho leceive parochial aid weekly; but it is iuipos- sibie forme to form an accurate idea of the number \vho, from sickness, age, or other disa'.)ilir.y, are un- able to contribute anything for providing themselves with medicines and medical alteiidanoe. 1 should think however, that the number is large. No. 6. There are seven medical practitioners in the parish oi St. James. Five of tliem reside in the town of Montego-Bay, and the remaining two in the rural districts. Tlie residence of one of tlie hitter, is aliout «i\' milcB from Monte?;o-Bay, in a southwardly direction ; and that of the other at the Tillage of Good-Will, distant from the above named town, about Ofteen miles, and to the eastward of it. ISo. 7. There is a hospital in the parish of St. Janies, about-a mile distant from Montego-Bay, for the reception of seamen and j)aupers; and a poor hoi'.se in that town to which the destitute are sent arid in which chronic diseases are treated. Tiiere is not a dispeusary in the parish. Tv/o medical men are appointed to attend at the hospital, at a salary of seventy-iive pounds, each per annum, and it is sup- ported by a tax on the vessels trading to the port of Montego-B;iy, and on the parish also. There ^arc two medical attendaiiis to the poor house at a salary of twenty-eigiit pounds each, per annum. A sur- geon is appointed also, to attend the out door poor of ihs parish at tlieir own residences, at one hundred pounds, per annum. The medical men reside at Montego-Bay. No. y. As*^there is not a dispensary in the parish of St. JaRes, au answer cannot be givea to the first,.