THE Jamaica Branch of the British Medical Association, the first colonial offshoot of the Parent Association, itself incorporated in 1874 and now numbering over 15,500 members, was founded at Kingston in December, 1877. The objects of the Branch, like those of the Home Association as declared in the Articles of Association, are the "promotion of medical and the allied sciences and the maintenance of the honor and interest of the Medical Profession." The laws of the Branch are based upon those of the Reading Branch, Buckinghamshire. The Executive consists of a President, a President elect, an Honorary Secretary (and Treasurer) and seven members of Council. The office bearers are elected annually. All legally-qualified and registered Medical Practitioners are eligible for admission, the election being determined by a majority at a general meeting. Applicants for membership must be proposed by three members, to two at least of whom they are personally known, and are required to fill in a form of application which is to be obtained from the Secretary. The elections take place at the general meeting following that at which the candidates are nominated. Members of the Association in England are admitted members of the Branch on signifying to the Honorary Secretary their desire to have their names enrolled as such. The general meetings are held on the last Wednesday in January, March, May, July, September and November at the Public Library in East Street, when papers are read and discussed and notes of interesting cases are brought to the notice of the members. At the meeting in December the retiring President delivers a valedictory address and the President-elect assumes office. There have been ten Presidents since the foundation of the Branch, in the following order : Thomas Clark, M.D., Edin. D. P. Ross, M.D., F.R.C.S., Edin. C. Gayleard, M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., Edin F. H.Saunders, M.R.C.S., Eng. A. R. Saunders, M.B., Lon., F.R.C.S., Eng. President. Hon. J. C. Phillippo, M.D., Edin. A. R. Saunders, M.B., Lon., F.R.C.S., Eng. M. Stern, M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., Lon. F. H. Saunders, M.R.C.S., Eng. G. C. Henderson, M.D., Lon. COUNCIL 1892. C. Gayleard, M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P.,Edin. H. Strachan, L.R.C.P., Lon., M.R.C.S., Eng. G. F. DaCosta, M.B., Aberd., Hony. Secretary and Treasurer. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF JAMAICA. THIS Council was established by Law 47 of 1872 and consists of five Registered Medical Practitioners, appointed for three years by the Governor and eligible for reappointment. The appointment of a President and the election of a Secretary are placed by the law in the hands of the Council. The business of the Council includes a. The framing of rules, &c., which have the effect of law after having been approved by the Governor in Privy Council. b. The consideration of the diploma, license, or certificate of any person claiming to be registered as a Medical Practitioner in this island. c. The removal from the Register of any Registered Practitioner convicted of felony or misdemeanor, or who might be guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect. Law 47 of 1872 and Law 13 of 1879, as amended by Law 28 of 1885, provide for the registration in Jamaica of qualified Medical Practitioners who are registered in England, Scotland or Ireland; and Law 28 of 1885 requires the registration of any person who holds a diploma, license or certificate "conferring or evidencing the possession by him of any qualification entitling him to registration." Any person not qualified to be registered but who holds a diploma, or license, or certificate granted to him by any University, or by any College or Faculty of Physicians or Surgeons, after and in consequence of his having passed through the course of study and examinations prescribed by such College or Faculty of Physicians or Surgeons and who wishes to become qualified and to be registered as a Medical Practitioner in this island, may become so qualified and be so registered on passing a satisfactory examination in medicine and surgery. Such examination must be conducted by a Board of Examiners to be appointed by the Governor from the Medical Council, and "shall be practically as searching as the least searching final examination required to be passed in the United Kingdom prior to, and as a condition of, the obtaining of a qualification entitling the person examined to be registered in the United Kingdom.' If a certificate of fitness is given by the Board of Examiners it must be impressed with a stamp of eleven guineas by way of registration fee. A fee of three guineas is given to each member of the Board of Examiners and two guineas to the Secretary of the Medical Council who is ex officio Secretary to the Board of Examiners. A fee of one pound is to be paid to the Registrar General in every case of registration in ordinary cases. [See article on Registration Department, page 207, as to the registration of Medical and Surgical Practitioners]. MEDICAL COUNCIL, APPOINTED JANUARY, 1891. Izett W. Anderson, M.D., Edin. A. R. Saunders, M.B., London. Hon. C. B. Mosse, C.B., M.R.C.s., Eng. C. Gayleard, M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., Edin., Secretary. PART XVII. TRAVELLING IN JAMAICA. By way of introduction to the information about means of travelling in Jamaica it will be useful to give a brief outline of the main roads of the island. The main roads encircle the island with several connections from north to south. Commencing at Kingston and going easterly the main road passes through Yallahs, Morant Bay, Bath, Manchioneal, Port Antonio, Hope Bay and Buff Bay to Annotto Bay, where the main road, called the Annotto Bay Junction Road, connects the northside with Kingston. From Annotto Bay the road passes through Port Maria to White River and Ocho Rios, where the great road from Spanish Town through Linstead and Moneague again connects the north and south sides of the island. From Ocho Rios the road skirts the sea, passing through St. Ann's Bay, Dry Harbour, Rio Bueno and Duncans to Falmouth. From Moneague the Great Interior Road commences and passing through Claremont, Brown's Town and Stewart Town terminates at Falmouth. There is also a branch road from St. Ann's Bay to connect with the Great Interior Road at Green Park. A main road also connects Brown's Town with Dry Harbour. Returning to Falmouth and starting westerly we reach Montego Bay, whence a branch line goes by Adelphi to the line of the parishes of St. James and Trelawny. From Montego Bay another road crosses the island running past Montpelier to the Great River at Shuttleworth, whence one branch passing by Chester Castle and New Market terminates at Black River on the southside, and another branch goes to Savanna-la-Mar. The coast road from Montego Bay extends to Lucea and Green Island. From Lucea the road crosses the island to Savanna-la-Mar and a branch connects with Green Island. From Savanna-la-Mar the road follows the coast to Black River and thence, striking inland, goes to Lacovia, whence they are two branch roads; one passing over Bogue Hill and through Mile Gully unites at Williamsfield with the other passing over Spur Tree Hill and through Mandeville. The road then continues to Porus, Four Paths, May Pen, Old Harbour and Spanish Town, terminating at Kingston. There is a branch road from Old Harbour through Vere to the Alley and Milk River, meeting the main road just described at the Old Toll Gate in Clarendon, There is another from May Pen to Chapelton in Clarendon, thence a new road extends to Cave Valley on the borders of St. Ann; one from Spanish Town to Bamboo Market in St. John; another from Bog Walk through Pear Tree Grove to Port Maria; one from Kingston to Gordon Town and thence a bridle road, in the main road schedule, to Newcastle, and branch road from Halfway-Tree to Hope Old Toll Gate and to King's House. There is also another bridle road in the main road schedule, extending from Hector's River to Coxheath in the parish of Trelawny. I.-LIVERY STABLES. Livery Stables are kept in Kingston by the Jamaica Waggonette and Express Company, by Mr. H. Bolton in Duke Street and in Barry Street, and by Mr. Fowler in Tower Street. The general practice is for long distances, and where the hirer has the use of the buggy and horses for a period of twenty days, to charge at the rate of £1 a day. The hirer can arrange, before starting on his journey, either that the Livery Stable Keeper shall include the cost of feeding the driver and horses in the charge for hire, or that he himself shall pay them as he goes along. The rate paid for the driver's food is usually 1/6 a day, and the cost of feeding the horses varies according to the current price of corn and grass in the district visited.* THE JAMAICA WAGGONETTE AND EXPRESS COMPANY. The following are the advertised rates of the Jamaica Waggonette and Express Company, Kingston. The charges include all expenses: From Kingston to The names of the Livery Stable Keepers in the other parishes of the island and the rates charged for hire of vehicles, in those cases in which the information has been supplied to the Compilers of the Handbook, are as follows: : The Boston Fruit Company and George Anderson, W. I. McConney, Port Antonio, will supply buggies and horses at reasonable rates. SAINT MARY. F. N. Prendergast at Highgate, Port Maria P.O., supplies buggies and horses from Bog Walk to Port Maria and vice versa at £2 the journey for double or single buggy and pair-short journeys about 6d. per mile. |