2-1870 a certain cliff on Bonham Road was extensively cut away to furnish material for the refilling of the grounds in the neighbourhood. Every home within 500 yards of the cliff had one or cases of fever, some of them, unfortunately, terminating fatally. Whatever the reason, the fact remains that the soil of a place where vegetation was disturbed for the first time demanded attention, especially in the hot season. Everyone became a fever patient. Extra Jr. report by 5. Dods had. Acting Colt Jungen EA Col Job 26/72. Publ. with footnotes marked 23/72.
Plans of the accompanying fuller description and Specification for the Kowloon Hospital and Civil Hospital – The general arrangement of buildings – The hospital consists of wards, a familiar type of ward block. The administration block contains the back patients' departments, the offices, the patients' office, and stores, and the quarters for the resident staff.
A detached block contains a wash house, and laundry, mortuary, and post-mortem room, and a separate department for the reception and treatment of female cases has been provided.