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Public Hospital and Lunatic Asylum Commission, Evidence, part 1. Detailed evidence...
Catalogue reference: CO 137/359
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This record is about the Public Hospital and Lunatic Asylum Commission, Evidence, part 1. Detailed evidence... dating from 1861 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1861
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Public Hospital and Lunatic Asylum Commission, Evidence, part 1.
Detailed evidence heard by Commission: Hon. Robert Hamilton, Hon. Alan Ker, Hon. Alexander Gordon Fyfe. Charges brought by Dr. Lewis Quier Bowerbank against Public Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, allegations include: mismanagement, ill-trained staff, poor sanitary conditions, over crowding, mal-treatment of patients. Evidence given by variety of staff, including Drs. Keech, James Scott and Osborn. Reports and returns also submitted.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- International
- Mental illness
- Caribbean
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