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good livelihood when their services were of no further use to the Government, and provide fairly efficient Nurses for those of the European Community who cannot afford the charges made by European Nurses not more efficient really than these girls after training ought to be".
6.
The first probationer, appointed on the 15th September, 1896, was the Chinese widow of a European Chemist in Canton. I annex a return giving with regard to her and to all probationers subsequently appointed, names, nationalities, ages, dates of joining the Hospital, dates and causes of leaving it and subsequent nursing employment, if any. From this table it will be seen that out of probationers, some are still serving, 7 (of whom 2 have subsequently done some nursing work) resigned for various causes within a year and 1 after about 18 months. Of the three who completed their three years probation, one (Chinese) is doing private nursing in the Colony, one (British) is receiving further training in a London Hospital and one (British) is nursing in Manila. The result, as far as this Colony is concerned, is practically that one Chinese woman has been trained for private nursing while some assistance has doubtless been given to the regular Staff of Nursing Sisters in the Government Civil Hospital.
7.
This result cannot be looked upon as satisfactory and on an estimate of $26,000 being put before me for an extension of the Nursing Sisters Quarters largely to provide accommodation for probationers, it became necessary to consider whether it was worth while to continue the engagement of these in the future and if so, whether by varying the terms of this engagement, greater advantage to the Government and the Colony could
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good livelihood when their services were of no further use to
the Goverment, and provide fairly efficient Nurses for those
of the European Community who cannot afford the charges made
by European Nurses not more efficient really than these girls
after training ought to be".
6.
The first probationer, appointed on the
15th. September, 1896, was the Chinese widow of a European
Chemist in Canton. I annex a return giving with regard to her
and to all probationers subsequently appointed, names, nation-
alities, ages, dates of joining the Hospital, dates and causes
of leaving it and subsequent nursing employment, if any. From
16 this table it will be seen that out of probationers are/
while
still serving, 7 (of whom 2 have subsequently done some nursing work) resigned for various causes within a year and 1 after
about 18 months. Of the three who completed their three years
probation one (Chinese) is doing private nursing in the Colony, one(British) is receiving further training in a London Hospital and one (British) is nursing in Manila. The result as far as
this Colony is concerned is practically that one Chinese woman
has been trained for private nursing while some assistance
has doubtless been given to the regular Staff of Nursing Sisters in the Government Civil Hospital.
7.
This result cannot be lookd upon as satis- factory and on an estimate of $26,000 being put before me for an extension of the Nursing Sisters Quarters largely to provide accommodation for probationers it became necessary to consider whether it was worth while to continue the engagement of these in the future and if so whether by varying the terms of this
engagement greater advantage by the Government and the Colony,
could
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