are specific in the rules which
I have drawn up for their guidance
which are herewith submitted.
to
you.
5. From my experience I
know such persons can
generally
be obtained from either the Training School for Nurses attached to the London Hospital or St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
4. Great inconveniences
may arise from Changes in the Nursing Staff of a hospital so far away
I
from the source of supply
would recommend that these
Nurses be engaged for at least
three
years
and that
they should be provided with a free passage to Hong Kong
and
a free return passage under the ordinary rules of the Service; the circumstances I submit that
under
any other cause
except that of sickness, resignation previous to the expiration of the term of the
engagement
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should not
be permitted.
5. It will be noticed that I
propose to have
more
Nurses
than we have
at present attached to the Hospital. I do this because the number
of patients admitted, particularly into the Private Ward, is exceedingly increasing as shown by returns
forwarded in
my letter No. 97
of 26th ultimo, dealing with the subject of the extension of the Hospital.
6. I think it probable that
Nurses
may
be obtained at
salaries ranging in the case of the Head Nurse from $60 rising to $80 per mensem, and in the case of the others from $40 rising to $60
per mensem, the Government providing uniform, board, and lodging
and attendance
as at present.
7. The terms of the
engagement