CO129-294 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [10-12] — Page 524

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As, should relatives desire it, the bones of the dead are exhumed and conveyed to find their final tomb near their ancestral homes.

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While essentially a Chinese institution, supported mainly by contributions from the wealthy merchants and their guilds, managed by Committees or Boards elected from the Chinese subscribers and provided with native medicines and practitioners, it is subject to Government control and inspection.

Of recent years, the hospital has been fortunate in having progressive men amongst its Committees. This, combined with improvements resultant from the recommendations of the Commission on the Tung Wa Hospital, and the steady, but tactful, pressure exerted by the European and Foreign-trained doctors and officials, have caused a most marked progress in the sanitary arrangements and cleanliness, in the treatment of patients – much more freely prescribed quinine, for one thing, being part of a more systematic classification of the sick, in a large number availing themselves of Western medicines and Foreign-trained doctors, and in many other ways.

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As, should relatives desire it, the bones of the dead are exhumed and conveyed to find their final tomb near their ancestral homes. 521 While essentially a Chinese institution, supported mainly by contributions from the wealthy merchants and their guilds, managed by Committees or Boards elected from the Chinese subscribers and provided with native medicines and practitioners, it is subject to Government control and inspection. Of recent years, the hospital has been fortunate in having progressive men amongst its Committees. This, combined with improvements resultant from the recommendations of the Commission on the Tung Wa Hospital, and the steady, but tactful, pressure exerted by the European and Foreign-trained doctors and officials, have caused a most marked progress in the sanitary arrangements and cleanliness, in the treatment of patients – much more freely prescribed quinine, for one thing, being part of a more systematic classification of the sick, in a large number availing themselves of Western medicines and Foreign-trained doctors, and in many other ways.

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as, should relatives desire it, the bones of the dead are exhumed and conveyed to find their final tomb near their ancestrel homes. 521 While essentially a Chinese institution, supported mainly by contributions from the wealthy merchants and their guilds, managed by Committees or Boards elected from the Chinese subscribers and provided with native medicines and practitioners, it is subject to Government control and inspection. Of recent years, the hospital has been fortunate in having progressive men amongst its Committees. This combined with improvements resultant from the recommen- dations of the Commission on the Tung Wa Hospital, and the steady, but tactful, pressure exerted by the European and Foreign trained doctors and officials have caused a most marked progress in the sanitary arrangements and cleanliness, in the treatment of patients much more freely prescribed quinine, for one thing, being in a more systematic classi- fication of the sick, in a large number availing themselves of Western medicines and Foreign trained doctors, and in many other

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as, should relatives desire it, the bones of the dead are

exhumed and conveyed to find their final tomb near their

ancestrel homes.

521

While essentially a Chinese institution,

supported mainly by contributions from the wealthy merchants

and their guilds, managed by Committees or Boards elected

from the Chinese subscribers and provided with native medicines

and practitioners, it is subject to Government control and

inspection.

Of recent years, the hospital has been

fortunate in having progressive men amongst its Committees.

This combined with improvements resultant from the recommen-

dations of the Commission on the Tung Wa Hospital, and the

steady, but tactful, pressure exerted by the European and

Foreign trained doctors and officials have caused a most

marked progress in the sanitary arrangements and cleanliness,

in the treatment of patients

much more freely prescribed

quinine, for one thing, being

in a more systematic classi-

fication of the sick, in a large number availing themselves

of Western medicines and Foreign trained doctors, and in many

other

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