Remote & Rural Remedies

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"Survey return from John Anderson"

Lady, Orkney.

1850.

RCP/COL/4/8/181

John Anderson was a church minister in Lady.

Lady was a parish in the Sanday area of the Orkney Islands. In 1881, the population was 945. The main industry was agriculture and some livestock breeding.

[[Addressee]]
The Rev
J Anderson
Lady
Kirkwall

[[Survey]]
QUERIES

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

one

2. The Names and Addresses of these.

D.R. Wood
Near house Sanday

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

None

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

The present practitioner has been here for ten years

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

None

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?

None

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

No deficiency

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?

I have no measure to suggest

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

No Heritors reside in this parish-

[[Additional Text]]

John Anderson Minr
of Lady Parish

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 John Anderson"

Lady, Orkney.

1850.

John Anderson was a church minister in Lady.

Lady was a parish in the Sanday area of the Orkney Islands. In 1881, the population was 945. The main industry was agriculture and some 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.