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Dr Keech removed from post of assistant house surgeon, Kingston Hospital and Lunatic...

Catalogue reference: CO 137/356/5

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This record is about the Dr Keech removed from post of assistant house surgeon, Kingston Hospital and Lunatic... dating from 1861 July 8 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 137/356/5
Date
1861 July 8
Description

Dr Keech removed from post of assistant house surgeon, Kingston Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, for making false census return; Dr M Sterne appointed. Enclosed, numerous correspondence relating to inquiry resulting from complaint put forward by Dr Bowerbank on behalf of Elizabeth Fowles, of being improperly refused admission to hospital; Bowerbank states Fowles was Leech's lover, denounces him as improper person to hold medical appointment; inquiry found complaint unfounded. Governor forwarded Bowerbank's letter to Keech in case he wanted to use it in libel or slander case against Bowerbank.

Charles Henry Darling, Governor of Jamaica, Jamaica No.107, Folios 31-51.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
6732/1861
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Open Document, Open Description
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