HOSPITALS.
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1st. The laws or written regulations relating to Hospitals, specifying the class of persons for which the Hospital was established, and the nature of the diseases most commonly admitted.
The Hospitals in Hong Kong consist of —
1. General Military Hospital.
2. Military Hospital for Indian Regiment.
3. Naval Hospital on board H.M.S. Melville.
4. The Seaman's Hospital.
5. The Government Civil Hospital.
6. The Lock Hospital.
The two latter being the only institutions which come officially under my observation, remarks must necessarily be limited to them.
The Government Civil Hospital was originally intended almost exclusively for the Police Force and for the reception of accidents. Its object is now somewhat extended and admission is obtained as under —
1. Members of the Police Force are admitted by an order from the Captain Superintendent.
2. Seamen on the Harbour Master's Books are admitted by an order from the Harbour Master.
3. Destitute patients are admitted by an order from the Colonial Secretary, Colonial Surgeons, or Captain Superintendent of Police.
4. Patients paying for themselves are admitted by an order from the Colonial Surgeon, when they can be so admitted without crowding the establishment.
The diseases admitted into this hospital embrace the whole range of medical and surgical classification—but it may be stated
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