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closure 1.
2th June, 1902.
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compound are in all their parts ancient and antiquated. The
Mortuary in Hongkong cannot be compared with the rudest of
Pathological Departments in Europe. The work carried on under
present conditions is highly dangerous to life, and cannot be
carried on without considerable risk. During the Plague season
the accommodation inside the building is quite inadequate, and
the bodies have to be deposited at random over the surface of
the compound, in the open.
3.
I enclose a copy of Dr. Hunter's original
memorandum of 12th. June last. A few of the recommendations
therein contained have since undergone slight modification,
but the requirements are substantially the same as those to
which he drew attention in that memorandum.
4.
I transmit herewith two plans for the
proposed extension. The estimated cost of all the new buildings
shown is $16,000 including drainage, tiles for lining the
walls and floors, sinks etc. This amount does not however
include the special tables and fittings required by the
Bacteriologist, the cost of which have not yet been accurately
ascertained. When the new buildings shown on the plans have
been completed it is proposed to reconstruct the existing
Mortuary building, making it correspond with the new one. The
estimated cost of this is 5,000. The total cost of the scheme,
therefore, exclusive of fittings, will be $21,000. Probably
not more than $12,000 if so much, could be actually expended
by the Public Works Department this year.
5.
In view of the urgency of this work I
have the honour to request your authority for its commenc en ent
this