, 1891-08-01
(Continued from AUis No. co.,

3rd Member for Fredcriketed's Country
District (Hewju) would beg to thank for His
Exccllency's information concerning the Or
dinance of 1866 which circumstance ex-
plains the question Of the amounts being on the
annual Money Bills. With regard to the other
remarks from the Vice Governor, he would say
that he did not know if the Council would wish
to make any change in the course of a contract
when once made for a term of 4 years but, of
course. it is always in the hands Of the Govern
ment to give notice for the discontinuance or
to provide for the renewal Of the contracts.
But as regards the whole question Of Medical
men in the island, he must say, he thought
that it is Just the right moment to deal with
that question if we now go in for a term of
4 years more with the present system, the
Council cannot alter or viii not be allowed to
alter anything during that time, and the Co.
vornment, from what we know already, Willuot
do anything in that direction either. When
adjusting the matter, it certainly could not be
disackuowledged that the one physician in
Christian8ted has more to attend to than the
other one in West End but then it must be
remembered that the doctor in West End per-
forms all the duties of the Kings Physician,
for which of course there must be some re-
enumeration, since the Kings Physician has a
very large salary, AMI for which ne must have
the whole sanitary con troll, although we see at
times even the other Physician, who has no
pay from the public, doing some Of the work,
and even Custom House Officers, Brokers, de-
|livering Bills of health. If the duties be so
arduou8 as His Excellency states, SO much the
more readily should we increase the number Of
Medical men from 2 to 3, if it can be done with
outincreased outlay. lie believed furthermore
that the attendance TO tho Military is paid
separately in West End, and this is one moro
reason why we could easily come to OIL ar
ranGement to have 3 instead Of 2 Doctors. He
would beg to propose a Committee of 3 Mem
berS to confer with the Government and to ex.
anime the whole matter thoroughly before we
enter into q new contract of I years with the
present doctors. 1t is not the first time we
have had the general doctor question under
discussion; many times during his sitting as
member, has the matter been on; steps must
be taken now, if we want to avoid being told
with Justice that the Members do not do their
duty.
The acting Vice Gocernor; Before the Coun-
Gil proceeds to the appointment of a Commit
tee he would point out, that there are two
hospitals in Christiansted, the hospitals at
Peters Farm and at Richmond, besides the
Leper hospital, but that there is only one
hospital in Frederikstod. In consequence
therefore there is more public work to be done
by the public physicians in Christiansted than
by the one in Frederikstod. With regard to
the Military Medical duties in the two towns
he would observe that they were paid for
separately, and had nothing to do with the
position as COMMUNAL doctor. The doctor in
Frederiksted, who performed these duties,
had separate salary as Communal doctor and
separate salary as Military doctor. He would
have no objection to a Committee, but he
would prefer that the Council would now de-
eide the question of the renewal of the con-
tracts for 4 years. At all events he would
ask the Committee to despatch the matter so
quickly that it could be decided on before
the LIST of September, which is 6 months before
the 1st of March next year.
End Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (BLackwood) said he really did be-
lieve that the best way to get out of the diff
Guilty would be by taking the two sums of
or in all 81 200, and use that amount for 3
instead of two physicians on the island, and q
sum of $400 fixed from the public funds would
be q good commencement for a young man to
come out. But he would most particularly
urge that a physician be placed in the contle
of the Island, so that his duties be for the e&-
tates in that district, and also a portion Of the
work from each of the two towns in that way
the work would be equally divided. the cue mal
IN West End would f1t rlp Ina r.etr - btirv