Remote & Rural Remedies

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"Survey return from John R. Scarth"

Sandwick, Shetland.

1850.

RCP/COL/4/8/190

John R. Scarth was a church minister in Sandwick.

Sandwick was a parish within the Dunrossness parish on the Shetland Islands. There was a lot of herring-fishing in the parish, with little agriculture being done. For further information on the whole parish, see the entry for Dunrossness.

[[Addressee]]
The Rev.
John R. Scarth
Sandwick
by Lerwick

[[Survey]]
QUERIES

1. How many Medical Men practice within the Parish of Sandwick & Cunningsburgh?

None

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?

No

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

Much

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?

Yes

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

To some extent in this parish by an individual possessing some skill & experience but now from age scarcely able to leave his home – and keeps no medicine

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 desideration is a fixed salary from some external source, sufficient to induce a practitioner to take up his abode in the district – The population too poor of themselves to support one wholly

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

John Bruce of Sumburgh constantly resident at Sand Lodge
Wm Bruce of Symbister occasionally at Bigton
several small heritors resident

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 R. Scarth"

Sandwick, Shetland.

1850.

John R. Scarth was a church minister in Sandwick.

Sandwick was a parish within the Dunrossness parish on the Shetland Islands. There was a lot of herring-fishing in the parish, with little agriculture being done. For further information on the whole parish, see the entry for Dunrossness.

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.