461
of
the present Government Civil Hospital to which it is adjacent till their quarters are completed.
In 1884 when the Contagious Diseases Ordinance was abolished and with it the compulsory examination of women, the European, Japanese, and Chinese prostitutes separately and individually petitioned the Government that the examinations should still continue. The Chinese, who were the large majority, made a special condition that the examinations should be made by me and I should again take charge of the Hospital. Dr. Marques then took medical charge of the Victoria Gaol and did the duties of the Lock Hospital.
Last year, 1889, 10,924 women voluntarily presented themselves for examination, compared with 13,425 in 1886, the year before the abolition of compulsory examinations, and 83 petitioned to be admitted to the Hospital. Only the Matron and myself, on my daily visit, are present at the hospital, along with Chinese amahs and resident attendants.
No Police Inspectors come to see that the women attend or issue orders for their attendance. Even those that don't wish to come into Hospital when diseased are very glad to be allowed to attend as out-patients. I submit to Your Lordship's consideration that this shows I have performed my duties under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance with a fair amount of tact and consideration for the feelings of even these poor women, who were under Police supervision and could have pressure put upon them through the Ordinance.
On my first visit, I found this establishment was not only a Gaol and Lunatic Asylum but also a hospital. One female lunatic occupied a hospital cell; she was a European and here screams...
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461
of
the present Government Civil Hospital to which it is adjacent till their quarters are completed.
In 1884
when the Contagious Diseases Ordinance was abolished and
with it the compulsory examination of women, the European, Japanese, and Chinese prostitutes separately and individually petitioned the Government that the examinations should still continue. The Chinese, who were the large majority, made a special condition that the examinations should be made by me and I should again take charge of the Hospital. Dr. Marques then took medical charge of the Victoria Gaol and did the duties of the Lock Hospital.
Last year, 1889, 10,924 women voluntarily presented themselves for examination, compared with 13,425 in 1886, the year before the abolition of compulsory examinations, and 83 petitioned to be admitted to the Hospital.
Only the Matron and myself, on my daily visit, are present at the hospital, along with Chinese amahs and resident attendants.
No Police Inspectors come to see that the women attend or issue orders for their attendance. Even those that don't wish to come into Hospital when diseased are very glad to be allowed to attend as out-patients. I submit to Your Lordship's consideration that this shows I have performed my duties under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance with a fair amount of tact and consideration for the feelings of even these poor women, who were under Police supervision and could have pressure put upon them through the Ordinance.
On my first visit, I found this establishment was not only a Gaol and Lunatic Asylum but also a hospital. One female lunatic occupied a hospital cell; she was a European and here screams...
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