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14. 603 punishments were awarded for breaches of prison discipline as compared with 807 for the preceding year. Corporal punishment was inflicted in sixteen cases for prison offences.
15. Forty-six prisoners were whipped by order of courts.
16. The discipline in all three prisons was good.
17. The health of the prisoners generally was well maintained.
18. The conduct of the Staff, with some exception, was very good.
19. Two European warders at Lai Chi Kok committed suicide by shooting themselves while temporarily insane, and one European warder died from natural causes.
20. The general health of the Staff was good.
21. Improved quarters for Indian bachelor junior officers were rented in February near the Prison.
22. The Matron's quarters attached to the old Female Prison were converted into satisfactory sleeping quarters for 8 Indian officers.
23. Medical reports on the Prisons will be found in the annual report of the Hon. D.M.S.S. but I would like to record that during the epidemic of cholera not a single case occurred in the prisons, and I much appreciate the hard work put in by the Prison Medical Staff in taking measures to prevent the epidemic attacking the prisoners, especially in Victoria Gaol, which was so overcrowded that an outbreak of cholera therein might have led to considerable mortality amongst the inmates.
24. Chief Warder West left the Colony in October prior to retirement in July 1933. Mr. West was Chief Warder for 14 years. He was an able and trusted officer whose services will be missed.
25. The site for the new gaol at Stanley was approved in December.
8th March. 1933.
J. W. FRANKS, Superintendent of Prisons.