CO129-488 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1925 [1-7] — Page 222

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2 MAY 25

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 27th March, 1925.

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sir,

I have the honour to submit for your consideration a proposal for the appointment of a special

officer to be Hospital Warder in Victoria Gaol in this

Colony.

In the past none of the ordinary warders who have been allotted duty in the Gaol Hospital have given satisfaction and it is believed that for many years the

Hospital has been the "clearing house for prison traffick-

It has never been possible however to obtain

sufficient evidence to convict any of the officers who have

been in charge.

ars.

I suggest that, as the position is an

important one, in fact almost as important as that of the

Medical Officer who has to depend to a great extent on the

information given to him by the Hospital Warder, an officer

superior and better qualified than those in the past should

be appointed.

The position of such an officer would be

analogous to that of pharmacist in the large English

prisons; his duties consisting of compounding medicines, taking charge of drugs, surgical appliances, etc., assisting at operations, sleeping in in cases of serious

illness, and assisting in the examination of patients: Re

would also be responsible for the condition of the hospital

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

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