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"Survey return from Thomas Scott"

Shapinshay, by Kirkwall.

1850.

RCP/COL/4/8/183

Thomas Scott was a church minister in Shapinshay.

Shapinshay (also known as Shapinsay) was an island parish in Orkney. In 1887, the population was 974. It had a large habour. The main industry was agriculture and fishery, with the women employed in straw plaiting.

[[Addressee]]
The Rev.
Thomas Scott
Shapinshay
By Kirkwall

[[Survey]]
QUERIES

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

No medical man resides in the Parish – but¹ Doctors Bremner, Logie – and Flett in Kirkwall. visit it, when they are sent for.

2. The Names and Addresses of these.

[no text]

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

[no text]

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

None resided in it.

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

There is complaint, in as much as many require medical treatment who are unable to procure it on account of the expense.

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?

There have been several cases of protracted suffering. There are two at present.

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

Unless when a medical man is brought from Kirkwall – the people have no aid but from the two clergymen in the parish – who can only give a few simple medicines.

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?

[no text]

9. What Heritors² are resident, either generally or occasionally, in your Parish?

David Balfour Esq of Trenaly is proprietor of the whole island and resides in it. -

Explanatory notes:

1. Continues into next query box.
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.

"Survey return from Thomas Scott"

Shapinshay, by Kirkwall.

1850.

Thomas Scott was a church minister in Shapinshay.

Shapinshay (also known as Shapinsay) was an island parish in Orkney. In 1887, the population was 974. It had a large habour. The main industry was agriculture and fishery, with the women employed in straw plaiting.

1. Continues into next query box. 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.

1. Continues into next query box.
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.