I am not to allow this patient out of his sight.
I have also to report that on the 8th instant the same Wardmaster allowed one of the Visiting Justices, Mr Granville Sharp, to interview a male lunatic suffering from General Mania notwithstanding that I had given instructions that no one was to be allowed to see this patient without a permit from one of the Medical officers.
In my opinion this Wardmaster is not a suitable man to fill the post he at present holds. I am sure that he drinks to excess although I have never been able to find him actually drunk.
I have to...
(Signed) J. M. Atkinson, Superintendent, The Colonial Surgeon.
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Enclosure 2.
0294
Colonial Secretary to Colonial Surgeon.
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hong Kong 21st November, 1893.
With reference to the letter from the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital No. 593 of 10th instant forwarded with your report of 12th instant, and to your further connected report of 20th inst., on the subject of the misconduct of Junior Wardmaster Myers, I am directed to acquaint you that the Officer Administering the Government cannot allow an officer who has given cause for complaint in the...
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