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"Survey return from The Minister of Logie-Easter"
by Parkhill.
1850.
RCP/COL/4/8/82
No name is given in the survey for this individual.
Logie Easter was a parish in the historic County of Ross and Cromarty. The inhabitants were generally considered to be healthy, and the whole population in 1831 was 934. The main industry was agriculture, with a few inhabitants working in trade, manufactures and handicraft.
[[Addressee]]
The Revd
The Minister of the Parish
of Logie-Easter
by Parkhill
[[Survey]]
QUERIES
1. How many Medical Men practice within the Parish of Logie-Easter?
There are no resident Medical men in the parish but all those in Tain practise here
2. The Names and Addresses of these.
Dr. Wm Ross, Dr. McCardie and Dr. Vass.
3. Has the number increased or diminished of late years?
No
4. Have any left the Parish since you became connected with it? If so, for what reasons?
No
5. Is there any complaint among the people of inadequacy in the supply of Medical aid?
I do not hear of any particularly
6. Do you know of any cases of protracted suffering, or of injury by Accident, such as might have been alleviated had proper advice been at hand?
No
7. To what extent is the deficiency of qualified Practitioners made up by the efforts of other parties?
Sometimes the people prefer quack doctors who only bleed1 and use simple remedies
8. Does your experience enable you to suggest any measure – of general applicability – such as would be likely to relieve to some extent the evils (if they exist) of deficiency in the supply of Medical aid?
The most distant house in my parish is not above 6 miles from Tain so that there need not be any deficiency in the supply of medical aid. The roads are also excellent
9. What Heritors2 are resident, either generally or occasionally, in your Parish?
We have no Heritors residing generall3 or occasionally.
Explanatory notes:
1. Bleeding, or bloodletting, is the withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. This was a common medical practice in the 1800s, dating back to antiquity, and was often carried out by unlicensed healers as well as qualified physicians.
2. A heritor was a landowner, under Scots Law, whose holdings were sizeable enough for them to be liable for the payment of public burdens such as Poor Law rates, road and bridge assessments and the church minister’s stipend.
3. Misspelling of “generally”.
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