# QUESTIONS.
7.
Do you consider her to be professionally qualified to undertake the duties of such an appointment as she now desires?
7.
Yes
8.
Are you aware of any circumstance tending to disqualify her for such an appointment?
8.
No
# ANSWERS.
B.
C.O C.O.
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COLONIAL NURSES JUL 01,
STATEMENT for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and for record in
the Colonial Office, respecting Miss Harriet M. Gourley
who is an applicant for the post of
Nurse in the Colony of Hong Kong
# QUESTIONS.
# ANSWERS.
1. Will you be good enough to state how long you have been
acquainted with the applicant?
1. From April 1897
to
present time.
2. From what circumstances does your knowledge of her
arise?
2.
Mrs. Gourley
was
in the Hospital
under my care as
Matron
3. While you were acquainted with her was she
a. honest?
b. sober?
c. generally well conducted?
3.
a.
b. Yes
c.
Yes
4. Was her health good?
4.
Yes
5. If she has been employed under you, will you state the nature of her duties, and how she discharged them?
5.
Her duties
were
those
of a Nurse
and she discharged them
to my great satisfaction
9. The Secretary of State will be glad to receive any information which you may have to give respecting her character or qualifications in addition to what is contained in the answers to the foregoing questions.
9.
I found Miss Harriet Maria Gourley a very Good
all round nurse and very kind to old & new patients.
Her conduct was uniformly
Good.
She was a hard working - Conscientious Nurse & I was glad to be in her welfare
Elizabeth Matfenry Ennall
Signature
Occupation, Professional qualifications, &c.
Matron St. Mary Hospital, Paddington-W
Date
31st
July 1901
6. Will you state the cause of her leaving--whether by
voluntary resignation, dismissal, or otherwise?
6.
By voluntary resignation
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