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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    ftole to. the di^reroiit parishes in case of need. A sub depot of the same might be kept in each parish, nnder the charge of the senior medical practitioner. If it is determined on to introduce more qualitted medical practitioners, they might be stationed in Spanish-Town, ready to assistany parish in which an ei)i<lemic miu,ht prevail. (SignedJ C. F. RAPKEY, M.U.C.S. Ansivers of the limiorahle J, R. Groseit, eustos of St, George, to circular Qt/i September, 1851. Spring'Garden, St. (Tcorge, 22nd September, I85L GentJeinoi, in reply to the enquiry contained in yoitr circularj as to the present sanitary condition and requirements of this parish, it is now free from cholera, which had lately appeared in some parts of the parish, causing about twenty deaths ; for the most ])art the attacks were sudden, and the illness of very siiort duration. The same unknown causes, which introduced and rendered it so fatal last year, may occur again ; and as the same complete ignorance as to any specific cause or treatment continues, it would probably be attended with alike proportion of deaths ; for I fear the negroes, instead of being more careful or prudent, would become less so. I believe the system adopted by the local board of health of this parish, while more economical than in most, was not less efficacious than in any ; no hospi- tal was attempted, which, in a parish like this, would have been ruinous ; speedy burial with the clothes or bedding was specially recommended without waiting for coffins, the cost of which, soon after the first out- break, except for interments in the church yards, was refused ; but aUowance for graves was made in ne- ces!?ary cases. 1 do not consider the parish at pre* G g