Foreign Affairs Departments, and on each of the many occasions such transfers were made, an unnecessary amount of work resulted. These patients were transferred between the camp and hospital in an ambulance which he was able to keep under his care right up to the time of his arrest.
While the X-ray service was in being and until November, 1942, he was allowed to accompany patients and could in that way maintain contact with the Camp and deal with personal requests. In March, 1943, no further X-ray films were available on the market, and for this reason, and also the unfortunate fact that one of the patients was caught with a large sum of money which he was taking to Stanley without the knowledge of Dr. Selwyn-Clarke, this service was eventually discontinued.
Until late in 1942 the work of keeping this camp supplied fell solely on him, as up to that time the I.R.C. had not sufficient funds for their needs. Even when funds eventually reached the I.R.C., the delegate in charge left entirely to him the difficult problem of searching for and obtaining the necessary medicines, food and clothing and for the despatch of the supplies to the camp.
E.
DEPENDANTS OF INTERNEES AND PRISONERS-OF-WAR.
It is probably not fully realised that in the town there are a number of persons, over the 1,000 mark, who are related in some way to either internees or prisoners-of-war and whom, in most cases, can claim British Nationality. Most of these are either Eurasians or Chinese who have been refused permission to register for internment and who have had to accept treatment as third nationals and have either had to depend on the generosity of Dr. Selwyn-Clarke or have had to fend for themselves. From the very commencement these individuals have been entirely ignored by the Japanese and had it not been for his courageous efforts few would be alive today.
His work in this connection started with those billeted during hostilities in homes other than their own by the British Authorities. Some of these were stranded in the May Road area where they had neither food nor money with which to buy food. They were supplied with food and milk for the babies until they gradually moved back to their own homes or to homes of friends. There were still between 30 and 50 of these refugees in Ava Mansions, May Road, up to the time of his arrest, while several hundreds of others were in the Canossa Hospital. From the start the Japanese were against these people residing in homes on May Road and in time insisted on the eviction of most of them. He spent much time in trying to save these homes for the refugees and eventually succeeded in persuading the A.D.C. to the Governor to visit the area in question. This resulted in a permit being given for several of the homes to remain open.
Those living in their own homes from the start did not at first require assistance but as time went on and they found the Japanese unwilling to help, more and more came to be dependent on Dr. Selwyn-Clarke. Until such time as funds became available, he willingly gave them sums of money from his own pocket and was always prepared to give advice and medical attention. When funds were found in June or July, 1942, he appointed three doctors and two lady visitors (one for Hong Kong and the other for Kowloon) to attend these people in their own homes and in the clinics. The ladies were mainly used for visiting homes and checking on the living conditions, etc. of the destitutes.
He also commenced the payment of small allowances
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