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Miss CLARA WATSON (Sister CLARA) arrived on 28th February, 1899, in place of Miss GERTRUDE BROOKES (C.O.D. No. 329 of 1898).
Miss CATHARINE MCINTOSH (Matron) resigned on the 13th March, 1899, after more than eight years' service. She is the last of the original Nursing staff who came out in 1890; she was succeeded by Miss SARA E. BARKER (C.O.D. No. 41 of 1899).
Miss HETTY DAVID (Sister FAITH) arrived on 4th March, 1899, in place of Miss ANNE PATTESON and was invalided home on 13th June, 1899, (C.O.D. No. 325 of 1898 and confidential C.S.O. No. 35 of 1899).
Misses ISABEL MANNERS, ELSA STEWART HOGG, and CAROLINE JOSEPHINE MCCARTHY were appointed probationers in April 1899, (C.S.O. No. 533 of 1899).
Misses ADA ELLEN GORHAM and KATHARINE Elizabeth StollARD arrived from England on 4th May, 1899, in place of Misses A. E. PENRUDDOCKE and SARA E. BARKER (C.O.D. Nos. 35 and 36 of 1899).
Mr. GEORGE SYDNEY, Assistant Wardmaster Lunatic Asylums, resigned on 7th August, 1899, and was succeeded by Mr. EDWARD ABBOTT (C.S.O. No. 1984 of 1899).
Mr. T. J. WILD, Assistant Apothecary and Analyst, arrived on 26th September, 1899, in place of Mr. F. BROWNE promoted (C.O.D. No. 145 of 1899).
Miss ANNIE A. LAZENBY (Sister ANNIE) arrived from England on 15th December, 1899, in place of Miss HETTY DAVID (C.O.D. No. 173 of 1899).
The following officers were away on leave:
Miss FLORENCE M. BARR (Sister FLORENCE) from 26th May to 23rd August. 1899, (C.S.O.
No. 915 of 1899).
Dr. J. C. THOMSON from 16th September to 31st December, 1899, (C.S.O. No. 1919 of 1899). Dr. J. A. Lowsox from 10th November to 30th November, 1899, (C.S.O. No. 2793 of 1899), during his absence Dr. J. F. WALES was engaged temporarily to assist the department.
WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR.
Attached to this report are the following tables :--
GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,
I. Showing the admissions into and deaths in the Government Civil Hospital, during each month of the year, of the Police.
II. Showing the rate of sickness and mortality in the Police Force during the year.
III. Police Return of admissions to Hospital from each district during the year.
V. General Return of the sick treated in the Hospital.
Va. Surgical operations performed during the year.
Vb. Zymotic Diseases, sub-group 1.
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Vd. Diagram showing number of cases of Malarial Fever occurring amongst the members of the Police Force admitted in each month of the year.
VI. Showing the rate of mortality in the Government Civil Hospital during the last 10 years. VII. Showing the admissions into and deaths in the Government Civil Hospital during each month of last year.
years.
VIIa. The aggregate monthly number of patients visited in the Hospital daily for the last three
VII. Table of admissions into and "eaths in the Lunatic Asylums during the year. VIIc. Table of admissions into and deaths in the Epidemic Hulk Hygeia during the year. VIId. Table of admissions into and deaths in the Infectious Hospital, Kennedy Town. VIIe. Table of admissions into and deaths in the Maternity Hospital.
The total number treated during the year was as follows:
In-patients, Out-patients,
2,784 13,744
16,478
Many minor surgical cases treated in the Receiving Ward are not included in these figures.