CO129-268 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [7-11] — Page 23

f

4

21

introduced stomach pump,

etc., etc. I seldom in such cases called

the Superintendent. The constables that accompanied those patients to the Hospital, will corroborate this my statement. The records of the prescriptions kept at the Govenment Civil Hospital, will

show the large number of patients that have been treated by me. have every reason for saying, that Dr. Wharry had full confidence

in me.

Dr. Wharry is practising in England, and will doubt-

less, if appealed to, substantiate every statement I have made in

this letter as far as he is concerned."

8.

I

I

In the same paragraph, Dr. Ayres says that when the Contagious Diseases Ordinance was repealed, the women refused to be examined by me. This is partially true. Most of the Chinese

women preferred to be examined by Dr. Ayres, as I was very strict at the examinations.' The Europeans or Japanese had not the same

objection, and were willing to continue to be examined by me.

had to be very strict at the examinations, because when I was ap-

pointed in 1883 by Lord Derby to be Resident Surgeon of the Lock Hospital, I was informed by two high Government Officials, that venereal diseases were spreading alarmingly in the Colony and that I should try my best to check them. As by far the largest number

of the registered women were Chinese, they naturally constituted the greatest percentage of those detained in Hospital, and were principally affected by the increased strictness of my examinations

and treatment which they disliked. But while I was very strict at

the examinations, I did not lose sight of the patients' conforts

and the following improvements were made in the Hospital at ny sag-

gestions :-

·

The patients were allowed to have meat once daily,

instead of only twice weekly. These alterations in the diet, did

not entail extra expense on the Government (as shown in document B

in Appendix heretc).

A stove was placed in the waiting room to warm it in

winter and rainy days (vide document C in Appendix hereto).;