CO129-267 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [4-6] — Page 412

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and as state

far

as we know, the Brand is in a

:

it's work being done & salixfactorily done 10986.p.11.

the

Spicipi members

a

go collapse in The first point, then to be settled, before the other questions connected with the medical the partment are touched, is whether

this board shall be abolished and its duties

health

be entrusted to one medical officer of

The government

on the

subject

The governor's opinione are given explicitly He thinks - and the men in the Colony, is best worth having

in 10986 and 10977.

Opinion

Seem to

Whose

agree

"with him- that the Goold has been a failure and should be abolished, and

that the chief medical officer now styled

Shouy

Colony-

styled colonial

in the

surgeon-

then be constituted health officer, the engineering

may be required being

works which

undertaken as at pursent by the Pulilic Works deportment. How little,

taken

is home in the

interest

sent Board is shown

present

the fact recorded in the governois desparch

that out

out g

an electorate

voted at the last ebetion

some 500, 25

J

The second enclosure to

10977

409

shows that

M. Jackson, one of the leading men in thongtong.

of

is of opinion that "the sooner. the present Board the better", and it will be noticed

M. Francis, who poses

is got rid of

that he

quotes

great democrat of Hongkong

d

ณ

the

I who has lately resigned

his seat on the board, to the same

effect.

The third enclosure shows that the Chamber of Commerce are also dissatisfied with the Board

and their committee consider that "there has been, and is, no

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System

this

•tive

effective

colony

administrative sanitary

I feel no doubt whatever that the work will be more efficiently canied out,

・

the board

is abolished and if sanitation is

is abolished and if

Sanitation is left entirely

of the government. Panitation

in the hands o

in Hong Kong

the

is a

matter

ment is in haut

government

unofficial

of primary concern;}

port a municipal body,

members in the Legislative Council, and it is proposed that there should

it contains

be an

unofficial element also in the Executin

Council. In this small area, it is not desirable to have divided authority, and I would suggest

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