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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    Jijypendlx 1^5 Answers of Dr. Altmmi to qucsthns appended to cir- cular of ^Ih ScpUmhcr, 1851. l^it. I have no means of ascertaining tlie number of squ-ire miles. Kingston, of course, is surrounded \\'\\\\ nutneroiis suburbs, accessible by good and iii^' cliiTerent roads. •2nd. Estimated population about fifty thousand;! nnfortunateiy si,^ and p3rha{)s seven thousand fell by the clivilera, 1 should say there is very little agricul • tural occuj)ation. Mostly the mc»chanica! arts re- quired in luri^e towns j;»ive employment. ;3rd. This question does net apply to Kingston. 4lh. Same. 5th. Pau|]erism is very great among the humbler classes in Kingston, and hundreds and liundre{!s are iinabie, by thtilr own uccoimi;, to contribute any thing far :nedical attenrlunce. 6th. Eleven qualitied practitioners in the city ; the iiuiViber is inadequate to the population, but adequate lo the remuneration. 7tli. There is a dispensary and an hospital. T'le latter supported by the islan l, the ibrmer by the is- land partly, and [)y private subscription and monthly p;iyme:ils from ])t*rsons eatering themselves as reci- pients for the l)ent:tk conferred by medical attend- ance from the dispensary. The latter, one principal- ly tlie very humbler classes, who, contribute but in- <lifferently in spite of the manifest advantages con- ferred. For one shilling each month, an adult re- ceives, fo/ the whole m:>nth, at his house, constant medical attendance, and if he has a child, he p-Jiys i:i addition only 'Mhree-pence a month I'hus'pro- viding, luiiiianly spcakmg, for his life's safety by so small ;i sum, and yet with <'ifficulty can they be Tnade sensible of this proper provision, and with mure diiiicuity do they consent to obtain it ut the expence