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Colonel HUGHES.-It is not satisfactory. Of course the Principal Civil Medical Officer would be responsible for the state of the drains in the Hospital. He is supposed to have efficient knowledge.
Dr. STEDMAN. Is the Lunatic Asylum often occupied to its full extent?
Dr. ATKINSON.-There are 17 there now.
Colonel HUGHES.-The hospitals are pretty full.
Dr. ATKINSON. They are generally full; our accommodation at the Government Civil Hospital is very inadequate, we have frequently to turn patients away.
The Chairman.-A great deal of your time is taken up by bacteriology.
Dr. ATKINSON.-Yes, at present.
Dr. STEDMAN. That is already arranged for?
Dr. ATKINSON.-The Government have requisitioned for a Bacteriologist,
Dr. STEDMAN. How many maternity patients do you have in a year ?
Dr. ATKINSON.—It is constantly increasing. Last year we had 51 lying-in cases. Colonel HUGHES.-To what hospital do you send patients suffering from scarla- tina and small-pox?
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Dr. ATKINSON.-Small-pox is treated at Kennedy Town. We have no cases of scarlatina, it is practically never met with here.
The Chairman.-There is nothing else you can think of?
Dr. ATKINSON.—No.
[The Commission then adjourned. At the next meeting, on Tuesday, the 19th November, at 4.30 p.m., Dr. BELL and Dr. CLARK will be requested to attend as witnesses.]
THIRD MEETING,
Council Chamber.
Tuesday, 19th November, 1901.
PRESENT:
Deputy Inspector General DREW, R.N., (Chairman).
Colonel HUGHES, D.S.O., R.A.M.C.
Dr. F. O. STEDMAN, M.D., B.S., London.
C. S. SHARP, Esq.
R. L. RICHARDSON, Esq.
E. D. C. WOLFE, Esq., (Secretary).
Dr. BELL called, gave the following evidence :→→
The Chairman.-Dr. BELL, you are Senior Assistant Surgeon?
Dr. J. BELL.-No, I am Number 2. Dr. LowSON is Senior Assistant Surgeon.
The Chairman. Are your duties limited entirely to what you do in the Hospital, or have you any duties outside ?
Dr. BELL.-The Public Mortuary and the Hospital.
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