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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    Uiitously, ])nt they would he unwilling to pav for it, or^if tliey did, they would do so inadetjiiately!^ Taxation seems to be the only mode of procurino- the means of doing for the peasantry what they so rjfiuch require. Answers of Dr. L. Ashenliem to the questions ap^ pended to circular St/i September, in'5l. No. 1. The area or extent in square miles of Tre- Jawny is about two hundred and sixty-four miles. It is both scattered and congregated in towns and vil- lages. Tt is chiefly mountainous. The roads, gene- rally speaking, are good. No. 2. The population of Trelawny, before the ad- vent of cholera, was estimated at thirty thousand.—■ The reduction, by pestilence, was two thousand three iiundred and eighty-eight. The adult survivors are principally females. Their occupation is chiefly that of prcbdial labourers, principally agricultural. No. 3. There are about sixty-seven sugar estates in Trelawny. Of these six are nearly out of cultivation. One has no works at all, and another has its works in St. James. No., 4. The average amount of wages paid to an es- tate's labourer is one shilling per diem. In general, wages are paid regularly. They are principally paid in money. J should say that the population, as a whole, are willing to work in the cultivation of es^ tates. No. 5. It is impossible to state the exact amount of pauperism in the parish. The pauper list is not a ivomplete one, as independent of this there is a large liumber of superannuated individuals who have not the means of supporting themselves. No. 6. There are seven medical practitioners re^ siding in the parish. Of these five are in Faluioutii and two near Duncan's. I do not consider the num^ ber adequate to the wants of the population,