N° 77
conditia that
50
will get
a
for if
she
in
lady retiring at
luver rate of peusin:
given
the sequo
bomes, she is swimsh gettyj
lopher proportionate bouns than a
peess who sent
rill 5-5?
These ladies I think are
Wtme 30
835-
generally
enting the
ид
service: therefme they and normally
25 to 20 years. If allwed
CO 3927
27
Rra 1 APR 12
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 6th. March, 1912.
sent for
to retire at 5-0
the
will sen.
only so
to 15"
уг
Я сод
nhace
climate bus
the climate
* 3 yr
i ay
алг
a lad, retines at
an ill health.
where
50 exepet
3 see no
for consulting Sir P. W
or the cha.
AN
A&C
RU
Sir,
4.7234.
With reference to my Despatch No. 58 of the
13th. February, and to previous correspondence, I have the honour to
state that on the 8th. of last June, Dr. J. M. Atkinson, the
Principal Civil Medical Officer, minuted as follows:-
"Seventeen years service in this climate,
especially on the lower levels, is very trying to ladies.
I feel very strongly that an exception should
be made to admit of Nursing Sisters retiring on pension at
the age of fifty.
Hospital work with the necessary night duty
being a great tax on the constitution.
I know that many hospitals at home pension
their nurses at the age of fifty".
Dr. Atkinson also requested that this recommendation should be
referred for the opinion of the Medical Adviser to the Colonial
Office and to the Colonial Nursing Association.
2.
Subject to the advice which may be given by these persons, I support the proposal that nursing sisters should be given the option of retiring on pension at the age of fifty, pro- -vided that they have by that time completed not less than 15
RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
&C..
&c...
&C..
years'