Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Twenty-fourth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 44-45, 58-59.
Report by Dr Dan MacKinnon on the state of the fever hospital in Heanish and the need for more detailed specifications for building houses to ensure adequate ventilation, lighting and sanitation.
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`, 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.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 19, 13/2/1991.
Local news including the proposed linkspans for Tiree and Coll, the sale of Sruthan Stores in Crossapol, article about pigs bred on Tiree, heart checks at the surgery and the continuation of the article about Balevullin by Sandy MacKinnon.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 22, 24/4/1991.
Local news including the proposed transportation of asbestos from Skerryvore across the island, the results of a poll of parents about national testing, prize-winning song by Dr John Holliday, mobile breast-screeing unit, Balevullin – part 4 by Sandy MacKinnon, the Power Station, nursing team for Taigh a` Ruadh and news from the youth club.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 35, 29/1/1992.
Local news including the outbreaks of scarlet fever and flu, the School Board, ESAs, and the meeting with CalMac`s Managing Director.
