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Dr. BARNETT visited the neighbourhood and investigated this outbreak. As he found that the water was polluted, the wells have been reconstructed so as to prevent this in future.
Attached are reports of:
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1. The Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital.
2. The Medical Officer in charge of the Lunatic Asylums.
3. The Medical Officer in charge of the Infectious Diseases Hospitals.
4. The Medical Officer in charge of the Victoria Gaol.
5. The Inspecting Medical Officer of the Tung Wah Hospital.
6. The Report by Dr. THOMSON on plague cases treated in Kennedy
Town Hospital up to July 6th, 1903.
7. The Report of the Government Analyst.
I have, &c.,
J. M. ATKINSON, M.B. (London), D.P.H. (Camb.), &c.,
Principal Civil Medical Officer.
The Honourable
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
Report of the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital.
GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,
HONGKONG, 7th January, 1904.
SIR.I have the honour to submit herewith the annual report on the work done in the Government Civil and Maternity Hospitals during the year 1993 with the usual statistical tables.
MEDICAL STAFF.
I returned from leave in March and took over charge as Superintendent, this post having been revived.
Dr. LAING, Assistant Superintendent, proceeded on leave to Japan in May and was succeeded by Dr. KocH who joined the department from the Colonial Service of Trinidad. Dr. LAING returned in July.
NURSING Staff.
Sister LAZENBY resigned in February. Sister DEWAR arrived from home and joined in April. Sisters LEE and SCHAFER arrived in May. Sister MILLING- TON left on home leave in June. Sister SCHAFER was granted special leave to Japan in July owing to an attack of plague. Sister WATSON was, I regret to say, invalided in August. Sister MAKER proceeded on home leave in October.
Sister ABRAHAMS arrived in November but at once resigned and left in December.
Sister BARR returned from home leave in December but joined Victoria Hospital as Senior Sister in charge.
Wardmaster CookE joined from the Police in June.
Wardmaster RICHMOND resigned in September and was succeeded by Ward- master MULROONEY from the Royal Artillery.
Wardinaster MCFARLANE, transferred from the Asylum for duty here, was dismissed in December.
I regret to say there has been a good deal of sickness amongst the nursing staff during the past year due to dysentery, malaria, dengue fever and plague.
During the plague epidemic the Nursing Sisters all took their turn of duty at Kennedy Town Hospital but fortunately only one contracted the disease.