Volume 1

Report to the Government of British Honduras upon the outbreak of yellow fever in that colony in 1905, together with an account of the distribution of the Stegomyia fasciata in Belize, and the measures necessary to stamp out or prevent the recurrence of yellow fever / by Rubert Boyce.

  • Boyce, Rubert W. (Rubert William), Sir, 1863-1911.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Report to the Government of British Honduras upon the outbreak of yellow fever in that colony in 1905, together with an account of the distribution of the Stegomyia fasciata in Belize, and the measures necessary to stamp out or prevent the recurrence of yellow fever / by Rubert Boyce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( 4« ) require nearly $19,000 per annum for maintenance. The revenue from fees is some $1,700, the rest falls on the Colonial estimates. I think that it is quite time that the inhabitants of the towns of the Colony took more direct interest in their local charities, and that all classes of citizens realised that it was their duty not to make this local charity a burden on the Colonial Finances but to relieve them of it, and permit the Colonial Government to advance the interests of the Colony in much needed directions. The present Assistant Medical Officer devotes a very considerable time to the care of the hospital; and the hospital is excellent, of very great interest, and affords a wide field for study. At the same time I venture to think that the clinical work on his shoulders might be very materially reduced if the local practitioners were allowed'a share in the clinical administration of the wards.