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COPY.
Sir,
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Government Civil Medical Department,
Hongkong, 21st. March, 1903.
With reference to the Estimates for 1904,
I have the honour to make the following recommendations:-
1.
That the two Nurses doing duty in the
Receiving Ward be paid $144 a year instead of as at present $108.
These Nurses are always on duty in the Receiving Ward and it is
absolutely necessary that they should be able to speak and
understand English. We have found it impossible within the last
12 months to obtain suitable Nurses for this work at $108 a year.
Every one nearly spplying for information addresses one of these
Nurses, as the Receiving Ward is the one strangers first go to.
2.
An extra messenger is required at $96 a
year, this is occasioned by the increase in the messages, chits,
notices of illness &c.
Very frequently we have had to use one
of the coolies but they cannot be spared for this work.
3.
I recommend that the anahs (Laundress) be
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all paid the same, viz:- £96 a month.)
At present one at the Civil Hospital
receives $96 and the other $84, also the one at the Maternity
Hospital receives $84. The Matron says this difference in pay
causes dissatisfaction and she can only obtain very inferior
amahs at $84 a year.
4.
Matron's Chair Allowance.
At present the Matron draws $5 a month for
conveyance viz:- one-twelfth of the amount allowed for the
Matron and Sisters.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary.
As she frequently has to visit Kennedy
Town
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