Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Sixteenth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 36-39, 58-59.
Recommendation that an ambulance carriage is provided for Tiree; report of two cases of diptheria and five of enteric fever in Tiree in 1906.
Jar of tangle ash produced on Tiree in June 1999.
The Fever Hospital at Heanish
Photograph of the Fever Hospital at Heanish.
Courtesy of Mr Alasdair MacArthur
From the middle of the nineteenth century, Sanitary Laws were applied on Tiree to keep the island clean and infected patients were isolated. In 1892 the Sanitary Inspector visited the island and cautioned “several parties in regard to dung heaps in my opinion too near to houses”.
In 1893 three people died from typhoid which affected Balephuil. In 1895 an epidemic of scarlet fever swept through Tiree. The County Medical Officer, Dr. McNeill, had recommended the building of an isolation hospital on the island in 1893 and in 1905 the Fever Hospital was built in Heanish.
Made of corrugated iron lined with wood, it comprised two-bedded wards set at each end of the building with a kitchen, nurse’s room and bathroom in the centre. Outside was a washhouse, mortuary, disinfecting room and coalhouse. It was last used in the 1940s and sold in the 1960s as a private house.
Black and white postcard of Heanish machair and old the Fever Hospital.
Heanish machair and old the Fever Hospital. (Original postcard in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
Correspondence between Dr Hunter and Argyll County Medical Officer regarding medical supplies, 1945-46.
Copied letters to and from Dr David G Hunter, Baugh, regarding his request for medical supplies for use in emergencies: (1) 3/1/1945 from Dr Hunter to Dr Guy, the County Medical Officer for Argyll, asking whether he can be supplied with the emergency items of two ampoules of normal saline and glucose, a bottle of dried plasma and sterile water, (2) 10/12/1945 from Dr John Guy to Dr Hunter in reply to his letter of 3/12/1945, (3) 10/12/1945 from Dr John Guy to the County Clerk forwarding Dr Hunter`s letter of 3/12/1945 and asking the matter to be put to the Public Health Committee, (4) 10/12/1945 from Dr John Guy to the County Clerk about Dr Hunter`s letter of 3/12/1945, (5) extract from the minutes of a meeting of Argyll Public Health Committee dated 17/1/1946 about Dr Hunter`s request to be supplied with a blood transfusion outfit.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Autumn 1987.
Local news including the cleaning of septic tanks and disposal of effluent, the retiral of school cook Flora MacArthur, doctor`s advice on the treatment of diarrhoea, the AITB training group for crofters, the financial position of the public hall, a Gaelic poem by Neil Brownlie, minister`s contribution, news from the golf club, the school, WRI and the Tiree Association.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 68, 6/10/1993.
Local news including a road accident at Baugh, an open letter to the hall committee by Sandy MacKinnon, article about safety at work by the doctor, the arrival of new teacher Pat Campbell, corncrakes by Gwen Evans RSPB, and news from the feis and the Hynish Centre.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Summer 1988.
Local news including the loss of jobs on the island, the appointment of a Welfare Rights Officer for Argyll & Bute, CalMac timetable proposals and the new ferry boat, news from the gardening and regatta clubs, the school, girl guides and WRI.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Spring 1989 (3 copies).
Local news including the disposal of sewerage, the doctor`s views on the NHS, the Poll Tax, extract from John Walker`s Report on the Hebrides of 1764 and 1771, article by the doctor on food poisoning, a list of Gaelic proverbs, a poem by Meena Knapman and news from the school, the regatta and gardening clubs.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 73, 19/1/1994.
Local news including the election of a new Community Council, update on vehicles boarding `The Lord of the Isles` at Tobermory, the resignation of District Councillor Donnie Campbell, the recycling of waste paper, an article about the benefits of aspirin by the doctor, the winter goose survey, the Gaelic Partnership and wildlife protection for the Reef.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 74, 2/2/1994.
Local news including the allocation of the flats at Lower Square, Hynish, delays in receiving LEADER funds, yearly warning about toxoplasmosis, the end of Coisir Thiriodh, the airport tax and a proposed study of the role of arts and entertainment in Argyll and the Islands.
