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The accommodation that will be afforded by such stations and dwelling houses as may be provided for them, will be very insufficient in cases of sickness, and I need scarcely point out the necessity, that frequently exists, of removing patients from particular localities to such as have been proved healthy, and the propriety of always having them under a control that can only be efficiently kept up when they are placed under the immediate superintendence of the Medical Officer, or his assistants.
Besides the Police and others attached to the Chief Magistrate's establishment, who must be provided with the necessary accommodation and attendance when sick, there are a considerable number of clerks, and others serving in the different Government Offices, for whose comfort under similar circumstances the call is nearly as imperative.
The same reasons that exist for having a Hospital to which Police, and others of that description may be removed, apply to the latter class of public servants, who, though receiving salaries sufficient to provide for all their comforts in health, have it not in their power to procure the necessary attendance in sickness. As Your Excellency is well aware, it is always difficult and at times impossible in China, to obtain the attendance of nurses for patients; natives of the Country will seldom act in that capacity or bestow attention, and are never to be depended upon; and it is far beyond the means of the public servants above alluded to, to pay for the attendance of Europeans when such can be procured. In a Hospital, however, once established upon an efficient footing, a portion of their pay would go far towards defraying all their Hospital Charges, and in many cases provide for all expenses attendant upon their Maintenance and Cure. A small deduction might also be made from...
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