CO129-305 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [5-7] — Page 164

PY.

No.

113.

C

Sir,

ENCLOSURE

6.0.

20660

158

Goverment Civil Hospital,

Hongkong, 22nd. April, 1901.

I regret to inform you that Mr. Edward

Abbott, Wardmaster at Kennedy Town Hospital, died this morn-

ing at this Hospital, the cause of death being due to phthisis

aggravated by dysentery.

Though only a short time in the service,

Mr. Abbott has proved himself one of the best Wardmaster we

have ever had. In addition to his ordinary duties, at my

suggestion, he set to work and rapidly learnt the duties of a

Bacteriological Assistant work requiring the most minute at-

tention to small uninteresting details. For this alone his

loss at present is a very great one to the Department. Under

kis régime the Infectious Hospital has never been so well

kept, nor the sick so carefully looked after.

I desire, therefore, to express my most

sincere regret at losing such a good and capable Officer.

I have etc.,

(sd.) J. Bell,

The Honourable

The Acting Colonial Secretary»

P. C. M. 0. (Acting).

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