, 1891-04-22

ngures Tor every month, but he would not tire
the honorable Council with further details he
would merely say that he had been on an aver
agemonthly to las different persons, 1876 visitsin
town, l20 consultations at home in his consul
tation room. For this work there is paid S50
a month. Besides that work, he has to at
tend to the sick at Richmond, to the Lepers
at Richmond, to examine Immigrants. and to
sit as Member Of the Commission to Judge of
the state of health of Military Men unfit for
service these 3 latter duties where formerly
paid for, but of late years it was exacted Of
the Communal Physician to perform them gra-
tuituously. Then comes the attendance to the
poor in the country; from 1879 the physicians
have had to attend the pensioners there
the estates did not furnish them medical aid;
they come from the country with certificates
that they.are unable to work, and when they
get pensions, then the Doctor has to attend
them; for this each physician was allowed
$2OOp. a. In the contracts with physicians
about estate attendance no mention is made Of
the attendance to pensioners or poor on the es-
tates and up to now, whenever medicines are or.
dered, the people get them for public account.
Whenever medical assistance is required by the
poor in 1.-THE country it was formerly always the
rule that the Policemasters requested the PLY,
stefan to go to the estates, and their travelling
expenses were paid according to accounts each
time, and these travelling expenses could at
times exceed what the physicians are getting
now; on account of that, the Government
made another arrangement, namely that Of
allowing 5000 for attendance to those who
are pensioners in the country, and separate
accounts for the travelling expenses to attend
to the poor, who might not be pensioners,
while no special remuneration was given for
the medical attendance itself, and to meet
those expenses it was considered requisite to
have a sum of 5000, besides the fixed pay
Of $500 under this head. If now the pay
ment of these travelling expenses were to be
discontinued, it would be the only case of
that sort, for, no judges, no oiteres, no other
official is expected to perform long voyages
on the country without getting travelling
expenses. In the other jurisdiction he had
heard of Ii cases in one month, where the
physician had been called at times far away
out IN the Country to pensioners S16 a
month for that purpose can certainly not be
considered too much.
2nd Member for Frederiksted's Country Dis.
trict (BiGcks0ood) In regard to the re.
marks from the last honorable Speaker
would say, that he did not think it was spe.
ciatly mentioned in the contracts with ply.
siclans about estate attendance, that the at
tendance is to include the pensioners or the
poor. But certainly they have their homes
bANAO' "HO ~ AS uhO " BIuhCSOJ CuuI WHO'LL
tho Doctor has to attend the whole gang,
the same is the case in regard to the fe W
. pensioners who are on the Estates. 1t is
certainly so, that when medicine is needed,
it is got for public account, but this is quite
right, as those people get free houses and
other benefits from the Estate when the
Estates doctors or any one else orders medi-
cine, it should be the least to give the me-
dicine, free of costs. AS regards the other
poor pei sons, they are always more or less
employed for light work, they get some
little earnings, and they are decidedly en-.
titled to and do get medical attendance
gratuitously from the Doctor employed by the
Estates. The 5000 are superfuous We can
not afford to pay them with a Budget with
upwards of 100000 deficit and no means to
cover it.
LIST Member for Christiansted's Country
District (NeumGnn) If the term be reduced
to one year, as proposed, it might be that those
physicians who are here would arrange accord
ingly, because they are now here already but
he felt perfectly sure that if one of them left,
tho island would not get | physician to come
out from Denmark for a year. As far as he
remembers, it stands in the Ordinance that the
two. Physicians shall dc engaged for a term of
4 years. He must say there is nothing in the
contracts concerning the attendance to the
Poor.
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