-
"Survey return from Dr. MacAndie"
Tain.
1851.
RCP/COL/4/8/226
Dr. MacAndie (also written as Macandy, Andie, McCandie and McCardie) was a medical practitioner in Tain.
Tain was a parish and market town in the historic County of Ross and Cromarty and contained the village of Inver. The main industries in the parish were distilling, brewing, iron foundry, and wool production. In 1836, the population was 2915.
[[Addressee]]
Dr MacAndie
Tain.
[[Survey]]
QUERIES
1. How long have you practiced in the locality you at present occupy?
23 years
2. What are the ordinary and what the greatest distances which you have to travel in visiting patients?
From 15 to 30 miles
3. What means of conveyance do you employ in going long journeys?
Horse & Gig1
4. What is the state of the roads in your neighbourhood?
The most of them very good
5. Is the position of medical men in general in your quarter improved, or otherwise, of late years?
No
6. Supposing the people of the Highlands and Islands were generally able to pay for medical
advice, according to rates usually observed in other parts of the kingdom, what extent of
country in your locality would you regard as sufficient to occupy a single practitioner
fully?
12 Miles Square
7. Mention, if you please, any special hardships incident to your situation, such as you think
might be remedied by some general measure or enactment?
Medical men in this part of the country
are only allowed £10 per annum by the Parochial Board
for attending the Paupers of a Parish
Explanatory notes:
1. A gig is a light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse.
Remote & Rural Remedies
