THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31st OCTOBER, 1891.
(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 Super- intendent's Daily Return, and sub- mitted to the Governor.
112. The Surgeon shall visit prisoners in separate cells who have given notice to the Su- perintendent that they are unwell and wish to see a doctor.
113. No medicine shall be administered to any prisoner without the Surgeon's orders.
114. The Surgeon shall regulate the hours of exercise and of labour of prisoners out of health.
115, The Surgeon shall examine every pri- soner on whom corporal punishment is about to be inflicted, before it takes place, and give a certi- ficate of his fitness to receive it or not. He shall be in attendance when such punishment is in- flicted. After such punishment, he shall daily attend to and examine such prisoner, until his person is quite healed.
116. The Surgeon shall examine the food pro- vided for the prisoners, and inspect every prisoner weekly, and daily when epidemic disease exists in the neighbourhood.
117. The Surgeon shall give written directions for separating prisoners having infectious com- plaints, or suspected of having them; and for cleansing,
infecting, or destroying any infected apparel or bedding.
118. The Surgeon shall report to the Superin- tendent the case of any prisoner about to be discharged who may be suffering from acute or dangerous disease; in which case the prisoner shall not be discharged, unless he demand it.
119. The Hospital Warders shall be under the immediate orders of the Surgeon, and shall be present at such times, and perform such duties as he may require from. them, consistently with their position in the Prison.
120. The Superintendent shall place at the disposal of the Surgeon well conducted prisoners, who can safely be entrusted with the duty of attending upon the sick, not exceeding in number one to every ten patients.
121. The Surgeon shall report to the Superin- tendent any irregularity in the Prison Hospital which may come to his knowledge, or any diffi- culty or obstruction which he may meet with in the performance of his duty.
122. The Surgeon shall examine all candi- dates for employment as subordinate officers or servants of the Prison, and report whether they possess the necessary qualifications as to health and strength.
123. The Surgeon shall take care that all medicines and stimulants are properly locked up, and are not accessible to any prisoner; and when
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there is no paid dispenser, he shall issue day by day to the Hospital Warder all medicines and stimulants to be administered in his absence.
124. The Surgeon's Journal shall be laid before the Governor at least once in each quarter of the year, and he shall report at the same time on the condition of the prison and the health of the prisoners and officers recording any want of cleanliness, proper drainage, warmth, ventilation, or any insufficiency or bad quality of bedding, clothing, provisions or water.
125. The Surgeon shall deliver to the Colonial Secretary, as soon as possible after the close of December in each year, a report in which shall be detailed the number of sick among the pri- soners during the year just closed, the mortality, the sanitary condition of the Prison, and what diseases have been most prevalent therein. He shall point out any defects in the construction or inanagement of the Prison to which such sickness may be attributed, and also what pre- cautions should be taken to prevent the same.
THE CHAPLAINS.
126. The Chaplains shall conduct Divine Service with the prisoners of their respective religions at least once on Sundays, and perform such other religious offices as they may think fit, and may visit each of such prisoners in his or her cell as often as they may think fit at reason- able times. To sick, dying, or condemned prison- ers they shall have access at any time.
127. The same privileges shall be allowed to every recognised minister in respect of the pri- soners of his own religion.
128.. The Chaplains shall inform the Superin- tendent whenever they may observe the mind of any prisoner to be liable to be injuriously affected by any punishment awarded.
129. No prisoner shall be obliged to attend any service to which he may object on religious grounds, unless in the opinion of the Superin- tendent such objection is frivolous and vexatious.
130. The Chaplains shall record their visits in the Visitor's Book, and shall notify the times of the celebration of the Holy Communion. Prisoners desiring to communicate must signify their wish to them before the time appointed.
131. The Chaplains shall, in carrying out their duties, be careful not to interfere with the established rules and regulations of the Prison, or the routine of discipline and labour.
132. The Chaplains shall confer with the Superintendent on all points connected with their duty, and they shall co-operate with him, and with the other officials of the Prison, in promot- ing the good order of the establishment, so far as concerns the duties of their office.
133. The Chaplains shall once a year present to the Governor a report of such points connected with their department as they may think it desirable to bring before him.