in the case of
in the Colony,
An epidemic can be made of as the Lazaretto would have been if required as well as was done in the small-pox epidemic two years ago.
I have &c.
Sigr. P.B.C. Ayres, Colonial Surgeon.
DRAFT.
Hong Kong
No 294
Sir G.W. Des Voeux K.C.M.G.
MINUTE.
Mr. Lucas 26 Nov.
Mr. Fairfield 26 Nov.
Mr. Wingfield.
X Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
2752
Sir R. Herbert.
Baron de Worms.
Lord Knutsford.
For consideration.
Ausd 1401
374
22529 Hong Kong
Page 147
Sir,
Downing Street,
20 November 1890.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr Fleming's despatch No 374 of the 15th ultimo, on the subject of the removal of the Lazaretto from Stonecutter's Island.
2. I infer that the hulk now being built will be used as a combined Epidemic and Quarantine Hospital, and that when a ship is placed in quarantine or when healthy passengers are landed from a ship having a foul bill of health, they will be accommodated in the mat-sheds to which Mr Fleming alludes, and which, I presume, will be located on the ground or part of the ground occupied by the present quarantine station at Stonecutters Island. I desire further information on these points, because the chart mentioned in the 3rd paragraph of the report of the Mixed Board of Civil and Military Officers has not been enclosed, and the exact scheme proposed remains, therefore, a