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I cannot but think that the evils resulting from the non-notification of disease are likely to be greater than those which may result from departing from the comparatively recently accepted view that small-pox patients should not be treated in special wards of infectious diseases hospitals but in special hospitals, if possible, on the water.
6.
If therefore my proposal that the Naval Authorities should be allowed to use their new building at Morrison Hill for small-pox patients, except in a case of epidemic when more than 10 men require to be treated at one time, is accepted, I propose also to allow one of the six wards (10 beds) of the new Tung Wah Branch to be similarly used for Chinese patients under the same conditions.
7.
In the case of a serious epidemic it would certainly be dangerous to treat small-pox patients except afloat, but fortunately Hongkong has been free from such epidemic for some years and one which would require more than 10 cases being treated in either the Naval Infectious Hospital or the Tung Wah Branch at one time need not be anticipated.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
Nathan
Governor, &c.
MWD
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