sum, derive comparatively but a small benefit from that ser- vice. The expenditure involved in the scheme of the Colo- nial Surgeon would I venture to think be justified on equi- table grounds alone. But however justifiable such expenci- ture might be I an inclined to think that a less expensive plan than the scheme of the Colonial Surgeon should be adopted in the first instance as a tentative measure,
For, as the Chinese are as a rule opposed to Western medical science, it cannot be foreseen with certain- ty how Western medical attendance and arugs will be receive by them. We have institutions like the Alice Memorial Hos- pital to guide us to a certain extent, and juging from the attached statistics with which Dr. Thomson, the Surgeon of that Hospital, has kindly furnished me, it would appear that the Chinese are gradually overcoming their ais-incli- nation to seek the help of Western coctors in the Alice Me-
orial Hospital. Still instead of adopting the complete scheme drawn up by the Colonial Surgeon, I would suggest as a preliminary measure two dispensaries be established, one
in Victoria, and one in Kowloon, where, though the popula- tion amounts to over 25,000, including the boating people, there is not a single qualified medical practitioner; that
the two Licentiates of the Chinese College of Medicine be
placed in charge, that the two dispensaries be either afi-
liate with the Alice Memorial Hospital anu subsidised by Govern ent, the management of that Hospital being responsi-
ble for the supervision of the work carried on, or that
they may be entirely under Government control- the whole
expense being borne by Government: that orugs and medicines
be aistributed free of charge, and that the medical advice
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