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"Survey return from John MacIntyre"
Kilmonivaig, Fort Augustus.
1850.
RCP/COL/4/8/133
John MacIntyre was a church minister in Kilmonivaig.
Kilmonivaig was a parish in the historic County of Inverness. The population in 1841 was 2783. The main industry was sheep and cattle breeding. There were some fisheries.
[[Addressee]]
The Revd
John MacIntyre
Kilmonivaig
Fort Augustus
[[Survey]]
QUERIES
1. How many Medical Men practice within the Parish of Killmonivaig[?]?
Three. None of them resident.
2. The Names and Addresses of these.
Charles Crichton Esqr Surgeon Fort William
William Kennedy Esqr M.D. Fort William
Mark Gwynne Fort Augustus.
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?
None
5. Is there any complaint among the people of inadequacy in the supply of Medical aid?
The gentlemen above named not only have a wide field for their exertions including the neighbouring parish of Killmallie & Ballachulish & the greater part of this parish, which are of vast bounds, but they are sometimes called away to other districts
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?
The great distances to which the medical men have to travel at times for relieving such cases, must aggravate suffering at times. But I cannot at present specify any prominent case. The medical gentlemen are very prompt & active.
7. To what extent is the deficiency of qualified Practitioners made up by the efforts of other parties?
I am not aware of any.
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?
It were desirable & wd be beneficial, if Heritors or others were to make some suitable annual allowance to the medical practitioners for furnishing medical aid to parties whose circumstances are “narrow” tho’ above pauperism. x1
9. What Heritors2 are resident, either generally or occasionally, in your Parish?
Lord Ward. Mr Ellice. Lord Abinger. Mr Andrew Belford of Glenfintaig.
[[Additional Text]]
x Two of the Heritors viz Lord Ward for Glengarry & Edward Ellice Esqr for Glenquaich[?] two properties in this parish make an allowance to Mr Mark Gwynne, Surgeon, at Fort augustus.3
Explanatory notes:
1. An x symbol is written here. The text continues at the bottom of the page, beginning with an x symbol to indicate the continuation.
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. Continuation of answer to query 8.
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