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the Medical Department so far as the staff is concerned. On - reference to that report Your Lordship will observe that the Committee recommends that the Medical Department should consist of a Principal Civil Medical Officer, two Assistant Medical Officers, a Health Officer of the Port, and a Medical Officer in charge of the Gaol, who should also inspect the dung- Wa Hospital and that in ad- dition to and independently
of
of the above staff, a Medical Officer of Health for the Colony should be appointed.
As I have pointed
out above, I consider that a staff consisting of a Principal Civil Medical Officer and at least four assistants, whose time is entirely devoted to the work of the Government will be sufficient to meet the requirements of the Medi_ cal Department,
ven when
entrusted with the sanitary-
duties
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