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vacation leave this duties.
the Assistant
ay
Superintendent (no substitute
obtainable as there is no
being
pay) have to be
undertaken by the Colonial Surgeon and
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Superintendent the greater portion of the
on the latter as the Colonial
work falling Surgeon has much outside work away from the Soapital in attending
on the subordinate
married officers and their families drawing under $2000 a
year at their own houses. The married men in the Police Department alone,
number 26 with 56 children the other Departmento more than double the number
there are distributed all over the
City, besides numerous other outarde duties. In
the event of
these officers falling sick or otherwise becoming disabled, it is a terrible responsibility for the remain- ing having to do the entire duty of thew officers. This has occurred several
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either
of
times but fortunately only for few days at a time. It occurred at the beginning of the Plague Epidemic this
year
av
when
Dr Lowson the Acting Superintendent
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down with Fever and for
come hours it
not Plaque.
on vacation leave,
was doubtful if the attack was This was during the time that Dr. Atkinson'. the Superintendent was his half pay relief the Acting Assistant superintendent not having arrived in the Colony. It will this be seen what a heavy responsibility the Chief of Medical Department has to accept to
obtain vacation leave for his subordinatio Medical Officers and he has had to ~
undertake it several times.
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Under this present arrangement of the Medical Staff Dr. Atkinson has been. half pay! the first to take long leave on
Dr. Lowson the Assistant Superintendent !
taking
over his duties as
Superintendent'.
an outžider had to be obtained to do
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the duty of Acting Assistant Superintendent. This service could only be obtained as a
personal favour as would fill this vacancy, the half pay being only $125 per menkem and quarters, his board alone would cost him over $70
per
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