{"id":814,"date":"2011-08-17T21:52:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T21:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whitchurchhospital.co.uk\/?p=814"},"modified":"2011-08-17T22:19:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T22:19:29","slug":"dr-henry-james-paine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whitchurchhospital.co.uk\/?p=814","title":{"rendered":"Dr Henry James Paine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_827\" style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-827\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-827\" title=\"Dr Henry James Paine\" src=\"https:\/\/whitchurchhospital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/drhenrypaine5-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Henry James Paine\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whitchurchhospital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/drhenrypaine5-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/whitchurchhospital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/drhenrypaine5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/whitchurchhospital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/drhenrypaine5.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Henry James Paine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Buried in Cathays, Section L is Dr Henry James Paine (1817-1894). Dr Paine is best known for his achievements in bringing sanitary conditions to Cardiff and the seamen\u2019s hospital, The Hamadryad.<br \/>\nIn 1847 the Rammell Inquiry stated that Cardiff had dangerously polluted water and no sanitation. Typhoid was rife and Cholera outbreaks common. After the inquiry Paine was<br \/>\nappointed the Medical Officer and installed a \u00a3200,000 deep drainage sanitation system. The population of Cardiff grew rapidly with Irish immigration to escape the Famine. Some<br \/>\n200 died immediately of various diseases with over 500 people from this area dying of Cholera by 1854. Through Paine\u2019s work by the 1866 Cholera outbreak only 44 people died.<br \/>\nFlatholm Island (near Barry) was acquired for the reception of immigrants with Cholera so that the disease did not enter the town. Paine is also renowned for reducing the effects of<br \/>\nSmallpox in Cardiff. Through his pioneering ideas to keep Cardiff free from disease and improve sanitation, it is estimated that Dr Paine may have saved over 15,000 lives at the time<br \/>\nof his retirement in 1887.<br \/>\nPaine bought and fitted out the Hamadryad at a cost of \u00a31414.00 to house 60-65 in-patients with a doctor, medical staff, matron, nurse and cook. The ship was grounded on \u201cRat Island\u201d, an area that later came to be known as Tiger Bay. Voluntary contributions kept it going and a 2 shilling contribution was extracted for every 100 tons of registered shipping that entered Cardiff. By 1871 the ship became the only centre in the city for treating infectious diseases and the ship opened its doors to the ill of Cardiff. To celebrate Queen Victoria\u2019s Diamond Jubilee, a permanent hospital building was proposed which was eventually taken under the umbrella of the National Health Service.<\/p>\n<p>Taken from the Cathays Cemetery Heritage Trail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buried in Cathays, Section L is Dr Henry James Paine (1817-1894). Dr Paine is best known for his achievements in bringing sanitary conditions to Cardiff and the seamen\u2019s hospital, The Hamadryad. In 1847 the Rammell Inquiry stated that Cardiff had dangerously polluted water and no sanitation. Typhoid was rife and Cholera outbreaks common. 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