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Buildings.-These have been maintained in a good condition. All the necessary overhauling and repairs were done.
RECENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
A recommendation was made by me and approved by government to the effect that the present Lunatic Asylum should be abandoned 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, e.g., 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 department 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 sanctioned 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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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 new 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, e.g. 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.
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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 soou as the hospital is ready.
Another recommendation was to the effeer-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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