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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    20at Appendijc,. &5rler them adequate to the wants of tlie popjilatioit of the parish. INo. 7. Th^^re is a pmhUc Isoi^pital snppcrleil by pa- irochiai Amrls. Tiie two n)edi^jal pracdtioiier.s attend', it alteiTiUtely, wxvA rareive ,£ per annum. Nov H. The nejiuo popniaiion, not sr-neraily wiiiin^ to submit to the discipline, and this onuiiiing:ness arises fi-om imporiect acquaintance with civilisaiion and duty. No. 9. Dispenf^avy act did not work well. No. 10. Coroner of the pnrish is John C. M'Anufr,. residin^i* in Spanish 'i'owii, reinisnes'ated by fees amountinj^ to £200 or more. Nuinljer of inquesKs iast year, seventy-three ; po.-»t moi tem examinations, thirty-three, of which there were fifteen in. district prison. No. I I. 1 do eonsivler that advanta.'>'e wonhl arise from the ofiice of co'-oner bein«- fiHed by a duly Cjua- Jff]C(} medical practitioner, on the grotmd tliat it would save time arul expense, as weH as lead to it more aecnr'fite knowledge of t ause of death, &c. No. 12. Tiiere are rej;isters of births, marriajsres, and deaths, cxtendiuL^; back to nioi e tiian one linn- dred years. ' No. 13. Diirinij: the last ten years tlie diseases have not been rovpiired to be st;ited iji the i'e;i;ister. No. 14. 1 fear the rite of marriag'e not generally well observed by tlie peasantry. No. 16. 1 hear that obeahism and myalism are sometimes practised, but they have not come under my knowle^e. • No. hi. J am not aware of any quack doctors prac- tising. No. 17. J do not know of any. No. 18. 1 consider that (hdy qualified medical practitioners would be preferred to aiiv qi>ack doe- tors, if their professional servieey-Avere given i^mtait- ouslif. No. 19. Women are often omplr,yed as miduivcs^ and lam confidently informed that freniMkeir iiii-