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Dr. STEDMAN. Do you know how long Dr. THOMSON was living at the Peak?
Dr. GIBSON.-I don't know exactly. As far as I can say, it was from the 14th till the 22nd July.
Dr. STEDMAN.-About eight days?
Dr. GIBSON.-About eight days.
Dr. STEDMAN.-Were you his deputy during those whole eight days?
Dr. GIBSON.-Yes.
Dr. STEDMAN. Did he have any deputy beyond yourself?
Dr. GIBSON.I arranged to be deputy for him:
Dr. STEDMAN. For one night only?
Dr. GIBSON.-For three or four days. I arranged for the whole time, but I had to go away and Dr. BERINGER took my place.
Dr. STEDMAN.As deputy for Dr. THOMSON?
Dr. GIBSON.-Yes, for Dr. THOMSON.
Dr. STEDMAN.-Where were you living during that time?
Dr. GIBSON.In the London Mission.
Dr. STEDMAN.-Had you a telephone?
Dr. GIBSON.-Yes.
Dr. STEDMAN.-To your room?
Dr. GIBSON.-No, but to the hospital immediately below my quarters.
Dr. STEDMAN. Did you make any evening or night visits to Kennedy Town Hospital while Dr. THOMSON was at the Peak?
Dr. GIBSON.-No, Sir.
Dr. STEDMAN. You were not telephoned for, or sent for at all?
Dr. GIBSON.—No.
Colonel HUGHES.-Four nights you say you acted?
Dr. GIBSON. As far as I can say.
Colonel HUGHES.-You were never called out?
Dr. GIBSON.--Not at all.
Colonel HUGHES-Do you know how many nights Dr. BERINGER was acting?
Dr. GIBSON.-Two nights, I should say. The arrangement was that I should be called if necessary.
Colonel HUGHES.-Oh, yes.
Dr. GIBSON.--That was my arrangement. I had no occasion to visit the Hospital at all. I was to be called if a Medical Officer was urgently required.
The Chairman.-Dr. THOMSON, of course, always paid the daily visits to the Hos-
pital?
Dr. GIBSON.-Oh, yes. Two visits a day during the plague season, I believe. The Chairman.-You were simply his deputy for the nights? Dr. GIBSON. Yes.
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