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142. The staff worked hard and conscientiously in their endeavours to perform the duties that had been imposed upon them, but the conditions were such that it was impossible to carry out the programme laid down. The passengers could not be properly inspected and the decks, lavatories and kitchens could not be properly made clean.
143. Scrutiny of passengers arriving by train was carried out effectually and without inconvenience to passengers by agents travelling on the trains.
144. The Infectious Diseases Hospitals together furnished accommodation for 100 patients and there was room in the grounds for the erection of mat-sheds should this arrangement have proved insufficient.
145. The Government nursing staff was supplemented by the addition of three Chinese nurses and three Chinese dressers lent by the Tung Wah Authorities.
146. A Chinese Medical Officer was posted to the hospitals as a resident house surgeon.
147. The original idea was to treat Europeans and better class Asiatics in the Government Hospital and the Chinese of the coolie class in the Tung Wah. A European Medical Officer was placed in charge of the former, and a Chinese Medical Officer in charge of the latter.
It was soon found that no sharp line of division could be maintained between the two institutions and that both had to be treated as parts of one whole, the staff distributing their attention where occasion demanded.
148. The maximum number accommodated in the hospitals in any one day was forty-one so there was ample room.
149. Every effort was made to give the patients and their friends the impression that this was a place for recovery and not a gaol. Arrangements were made for friends to keep in touch with the patients. Enquiries could be made at any time either by telephone or by person and visitors were allowed under proper precautions.
150. Each case received careful individual attention and the treatment given was that recommended by Sir Leonard Rogers and other recognised authorities.
Cases Death Date 55.05 per cent 151. Chinese Japanese European 178 08 1 1 100.00 "" 2 0 0.00 11 Total 181 99 54.69 per cent