Remote & Rural Remedies

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"Survey return from D. W. McCallum"

Duirinish, Dunvegan, Skye.

1850.

RCP/COL/4/8/136

D. W. McCallum was a church minister in Dunvegan.

Duirinish (also known as Durinish) was a parish on the Isle of Skye in the historic County of Inverness. It included some uninhabited islands and one inhabited one, Eilean Isa. In 1845, the population was approximately 5000. The main industry was agriculture and livestock breeding.

[[Addressee]]
The Revd
The Minister of the Parish
Of Duirinish
Dunvegan
Skye

[[Survey]]
QUERIES

1. How many Medical Men practice within the Parish of Duirinish?

One

2. The Names and Addresses of these.

Doctor Ferguson Dunvegan

3. Has the number increased or diminished of late years?

Never more than one

4. Have any left the Parish since you became connected with it? If so, for what reasons?

One died since I came to the parish.

5. Is there any complaint among the people of inadequacy in the supply of Medical aid?

There is among those who can hardly pay fees

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?

I do not know of any

7. To what extent is the deficiency of qualified Practitioners made up by the efforts of other parties?

Hardly to any extent

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?

Of the evils referred to would be relieved to some extent if a provision were made for such poor as are not on the list of paupers.

9. What Heritors¹ are resident, either generally or occasionally, in your Parish?

Three generally reside in the parish.

[[Additional Text]]

D W McCallum
Minr of Duirinish

Explanatory notes:

1. 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.

"Survey return from D. W. McCallum"

Duirinish, Dunvegan, Skye.

1850.

D. W. McCallum was a church minister in Dunvegan.

Duirinish (also known as Durinish) was a parish on the Isle of Skye in the historic County of Inverness. It included some uninhabited islands and one inhabited one, Eilean Isa. In 1845, the population was approximately 5000. The main industry was agriculture and livestock breeding.

1. 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.