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Buildings.-These have been maintained in a good condition, all the necessary overhauling and repairs was done.
RECENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
A recommendation was made by me and approved by govern- ment to the effect that the present Lunatic Asylum should be aband- oned and a new asylum with the necessary grounds provided in the New Territory. A site is now being selected.
During the year government approved of the recommendation that a man trained in an English asylum should be appointed to the post of head attendant, and such a person was appointed and assumed duty in September.
Other recommendations have been made in quite recent years and approved by government, in the case of some of these the necessary work is under way or even completed, and, in others it has been started, eg, the outpatient department at the Civil Hospital was completed towards the end of the year and is now in use: the maternity block at the Victoria Hospital is in an advanced state; the work in connection with the new hospital in Kowloon has been commenced ; a small building was asked for in which to perform the vaccination of emigrants, and this has been built, Other buildings and offices asked for by the head of the depart- ment were a new chemical laboratory, a proper office for the Principal Civil Medical Officer and another for the Health Officers of the Port and, a central medical store; all of these were sanction- ed by government and are to be provided in the new fire brigade building.
During the year events brought it about that the question of providing a new hospital for infectious disease cases should be considered and although it is not easy to decide upon the site, it is probable that this will soon be settled now and a satisfactory site
found.
A recommendation was made this year by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and myself, jointly, to obtain the appointment of an officer of the medical department whose duty it would be to supervise the work of the Chinese hospitals and public dispensaries which are under the management of a committee of Chinese gentlemen, the medical staffs of the institutions consisting of Chinese medical men, Government has approved of this appointment being made and the officer will be appointed in due course.
It has also been recommended that a second medical officer will be required for Kowloon and the New Territory as soon as the hospital is ready.
Another recommendation was to the effect that in the next appointment of a medical officer on the staff it is desirable to obtain one with special knowledge of diseases of the eye, this recommendation received approval.
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For establishing a clinic for the free treatment of venereal disease I have recommended a suitable site and a plan for the building, and I have advised the appointment of an officer with special knowledge of this work. During the year in consequence of a request from government I submitted a memorandum on the steps necessary for carrying out the recommendations of the Venereal Diseases Committee appointed by this government.
The question of providing accommodation for the segregation and treatment of those who may come into contact with persons on board ship suffering from one of the infectious diseases (e.g. cholera or small-pox) liable to occur on shipboard has been discuss- ed frequently. In 1913 I submitted a report on the advisability or otherwise of providing a station equipped for this purpose, and, subquently frequent recommendations have been inade by me with a view to keeping Lai Chi Kok station in a condition of preparedness.
Medical Library »
1. The Nomenclature of Diseases--six copies.
2. Human Physiology. (Luciani) Vol. V.
3. Clinical Pathology : (Krehl),
4. A Dictionary of Treatment, (Whitla) 6th Edition.
5. Diseases of the Stomach, (Einhorn.)
6. Medicine in the Tropics (Byarn and Archibald) Vols, I, II.
7. The Medical Register 1922,
Bacteriological Institute,
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. The Journal of Hygiene.
Medical Science. Abstracts and Reviews. The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie (Oringinale). Centralblatt für Bakteriologie (Referato). The British Journal of Experimental Pathology. Annales De L'Institute Pasteur.
Archiv für Schiff und Tropen Hygiene. The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, The Review of Applied Entomology. Serios A. The Review of Applied Entomology. Series B. Bulletin of Entomological Research. Tropical Veterinary Bulletin. Tropical Disease Bulletin.
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