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Not indexed. Not illustrated. Base of supplies for barges Nos. The population depends upon the catch of fish, which are packed in ice daily and transported inland, and in the shipping season upon lighterage, the natives acting as stevedores for that which has to be done for all the sugar-transporting steamers. There are two fair stores which supply the steamers with provisions. The railroad which runs directly across the island is efficient and well equipped and runs a passenger service each way daily.
It connects with the main Cuban railway at Ciego de Avila, which is 20 miles inland. Jucaro has no sanitary facilities of any kind and is surrounded by-the usual filth of this type of port on the southern coast of Cuba. The water supply is obtained from the rains drained from the roofs and stored in wooden tanks. Privies are built so that they project over the sea near the edge, and these are the principal means of disposal of feces and urine.
No medical facilities exist, as there is no doctor in the village, and the nearest one is 18 miles inland. There is a small drug store; the druggist treating what cases he is able to handle.
