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this to be the case, I in the beginning of December request-
ed Dr. Chung to himself administer Quinine to every case
diagnosed malarial, whether under his own care or not; and
this has since then been regularly done by him, fortunately
without the active opposition that might have been antici-
pated. There have been protests, and a number of patients left
the Hospital rather than submit to the treatment insisted
upon, but the practice seems to be well established, and the
mortality from malarial diseases will, I hope,be much de-
creased. At the same time I have secured considerable in-
provement in the dieting of cases of fever and diarrhaea,
though there still remains much to be desired in this res-
pect.
For some months back I have been pressing on
the Directors the desirability of appointing a Chinese of
good standing as Steward of the Hospital, to be at the head
of the working staff of the institution, and to be responsi-
ble for the sanitary maintenance of the buildings, for the
cleanliness of the patients and of their clothing and bed-
ding, and for the proper carrying out of the conservancy
system. The former board of Directors some time previous to
their demitting office decided to appoint such a man, but it
was not till after the change of directors that the appoint -
ment was actually made. This officer is now on a probation
of three months' quration, and will, I think, prove suitable.
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