resistence to the introductions of Western Methods at the Hospital, does not come from the Chinese population but that it is fostered by the Directors and Doctors of the Hospital; if this is really so, the present system is sure to fail.
My own impression is that it would have been better to insist on the condition of the Tung Wah Hospital being made thoroughly sanitary. And if it was found impossible to be so, then...
The more dangerous of the two appointments appears to me to be that of Dr. Chung. I think he should confine his duties for the present at least to registering such deaths as may occur, and at any rate to give no treatment unless specially requested to do so.
It is for the Registrar General and Colonial Surgeons to fulfil the duties imposed upon them by "the Ordinance incorporating the Hospital". It was probably wise, like Dr. Thomson, to superintend matters generally.
It should, I think, have been clearly pointed out to the Chinese that Dr. Thomson was only appointed to carry out that sanitary supervision clearly prescribed at the foundation of the Hospital.
Had that supervision been effectively carried out, Dr. Thomson's appointment would have now been executed. As there appointments have been made, I would suggest that they should be approved as temporary and a full report as to the working of the present scheme should be requested in six months or a year.
I hope that all the sanitary changes suggested by the Commissioners will also be carefully enforced.
Sent (P.L. (x)-71793-3000-7-90 P.C.M. 12/2/97.
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