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Today in Bajan History| July 9th 1913 Compulsory Isolation and the Typhoid Fever Debate in Barbados
On July 9, 1913, the Barbados Agricultural Reporter challenged proposals to remove typhoid patients from homes deemed unsuitable for treatment, warning that compulsory isolation...
Today in Bajan History| July 8th 1825 A Second Church for Bridgetown
The Barbadian reported on a petition to the House of Assembly calling for a second church in Bridgetown as St. Michael’s Cathedral struggled to...
Today in Bajan History| July 7th 1950 Murder at Watts Village
The Barbados Advocate reported that former World War I soldier Kenneth Gaskin had been charged with the murder of his longtime partner, Metta Clement,...
Today in Bajan History| July 6th 1912 A Public Health Dispute in St. Michael
The Agricultural Reporter highlighted a bitter dispute between health authorities after the St. Michael Commissioners of Health rejected reported claims about poor sanitary conditions...
Today in Bajan History| July 5th 1950 The Waterford Hospital Plan
The Barbados Advocate reported that the House of Assembly approved funds to retain land at Waterford originally earmarked for a new hospital. Although the...
Today in Bajan History| July 4th 1911 The “Wire Cage” Public Health Controversy
A letter in the Barbados Agricultural Reporter revealed a heated public health debate in St. Joseph, where Dr. O’Donnell Walton condemned the confinement of...