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a -

been very patent for some time, having occasioned -much unnecessary suffering and given rise to not little scandal. The Chinese male nurses hitherto employed have many good qualities, but they have no

training

ان

previous to their employment, and it can therefore be easily understood that their services are inadequate at

the best, and in some

highly objectionable.

Cases

2

After consultation with the Colonial Surgeon and the Superintendent of the - Hospital, I have come to

the conclusion that it is

that we

absolutely necessary

should have trained female nurses. The Superintendent -

was, at

+ first, of opinion that

of the

the nurses should be same class as those ordinarily

employed

in the London

Hospitals; but,

after

much

consideration and consultation

with