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danger Governor,

surroundings. The

Heury Blake,

Fir minute attached to

my

in a

pension

was

the

Case,

Correspondence mentioned that he was convinced this. or used words of similar import, and that I should be liberally. treated in the matter ofpension.

cau

3. That the surroundings of my work have been specially danc -gerous during the last seven years

be easily shown by recent in -fection of sisters and doctors by

plague of Dr Chung at the Ting wah sospital and others working amidst tubercular Chinese. Some

idea of the Extremely dangerous nature of my work may be gathered from the circumstance that when I tried to insure my life in the Standard Life Insurance company

five years ago the company proposed to charge an extra premium of over 260% and while negotiations were in progress the company re- -fused

to take the risk entirely These grounds. The result of this

hat I naturally

was

marked mau

ain

became Insurance

a

books, although of steady habits and in perfect physical and mental health. The exha premium demanded for the South African War was from 5-7 guineas per

the Early stages and

cent in

from

C

from 2-4 guineas per cent during the later stages.

44.

I am convinced that had there been no

The

overwork Ľ would never have become infected proof of overwork hes in the fact that the medical staff has lately. been enormously added to while the actual plague work hav

I hope it is not

increased.

on my

noh

am

QAA

the

20

hoveders

illegitimate boast that I am not doing my late confreres injustice when I point out that during the time when most of th real plague work (as opposed

office work) was on no complaints as to slackness of work or want of attention to patient r signs of dissatisfaction on the past of the public ever once found their way into the newspapers, They have frequently done at other times

5. I hope. I will not be accused of whining like the whipped dog!

This

but I would not have made appeal for further consideration had I any reasonable chance of again returning to an active pro- fessional life, even although I "health. The London

do recover my

physicians whom I have consulted have Expressed the opinion that there is little hope of this. Their opinions have unfortunately been substantiated by the

Evidence of Rontger

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