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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MARCH, 1899.
is totally and permanently unfit for prison disci- pline, he shall state the opinion, and the grounds thereof, in writing to the Superintendent who shall duly forward the same to the Governor.
112. The Medical Officer shall from time to Duties as to time examine the prisoners employed at hard employed at
prisoners labour during the time of their being so employ. hard labour. ed, and shall enter in his journal the name of any prisoner whose health he thinks to be endangered by a continuance at hard labour of any particular kind, and report the same to the Assistant Superintendent; and thereupon the pri- soner shall not again be employed at such labour until the Medical Officer certifies that he is fit for such employment.
Journal.
113. He shall enter in a Journal to be kept in Duties as to the prison-
(a) Any observations or suggestions he may
deem necessary to make on the food
of the prisoners or on any other matter connected with their health.
(b) A short daily record of any sick pri- soners under his treatment, whether they are in hospital or not; their names, the nature of their complaints, and the treatment pursued.
(c) His orders for such additional articles of food or clothing as he may deem necessary for the health of any pri- soner not in hospital, and the medi- cal reasons for such orders. Such orders shall be entered in the Assist- ant Superintendent's Daily Return, and submitted to the Governor.
to death to be entered in
114. The Medical Officer shall forthwith on Particulars as the death of any prisoner enter in his Journal the following particulars, viz., at what time the de- Journal. ceased was taken ill, when the illness was first communicated to the Medical Officer, the nature of the disease, when the prisoner died, and an account of the appearances after death (in cases when a post mortem examination is made) together with any special remarks that appear to him to be required.
examine
115. When any prisoner is about to be dis- Duty to charged or removed from the prison, the Medical prisoner on Officer shall duly examine him and certify as discharge or to his fitness to leave the prison, and to such other particulars regarding him as may be re- quired.
removal.
116. The Assistant Superintendent shall place Hospital at the disposal of the Medical Officer well conduct- attendants,
ed prisoners, who can safely be entrusted with the duty of attending upon the sick, not exceeding
in number one to every ten patients.
irregularities.
117. The Medical Officer shall report to the Duty to Assistant Superintendent any irregularity in the prison hospital which may come to his knowledge, or any difficulty or obstruction which he may meet with in the performance of his duty.
118. The Hospital Warders shall be under Hospital the immediate orders of the Medical Officer, and Warders. shall be present at such times, and perform such duties as he may require from them, consistently with their position in the prison.
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