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88: work in connection with the
• plague,
was not possessed of the knowledge and training which would fit him for the permanent appointment.
"This proposal I did not
then see
mend to
my way
to recom
you, as I hoped ~
that on the cessation of the plaque epidemic it would 3 be found possible to close
the Kennedy-town hospital. I regret, however, to report that since the disappearance
of
91
of the plague there has been -a number of cases of small- pox,
ree, and though there is at presents
no reason to.
fear
that it will become epidemio
in the Colony, it has neverthe less been necessary
to
con-
tinue the maintenance of the
Kennedy-town hospital for the treatment of this discare,
and to second a Police Con-
stable for duty there as a ward- master, besides retaining the of M. Cunningham.
services.
o
4.