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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MAY, 1890.
100.-Officers are forbidden to smoke or chew tobacco while on duty, and they must be careful to leave no tobacco or money lying about within reach of prisoners, or in their clothes when being sent to be washed.
101.- Every subordinate officer of the Gaol who shall fail to exercise a proper vigilance over the prisoners committed to his charge, or to per- form any duty enforced upon him by the regula tions of the Prison, or shall wilfully or carelessly disobey, neglect or evade, or permit to be dis- obeyed, neglected, or evaded, any Rule, Regulation, or order, lawfully made and provided in respect of such Gaol, shall be liable to be dealt with by the Superintendent under Rule No. 2.
102.-The subordinate officers are expected to conduct themselves in an orderly and respectable manner at all times when off duty.
103.-When on duty subordinate officers will appear neatly dressed in the uniform of the Gaol. Uniform will be supplied to them half-yearly, viz., two suits white summer clothing, with boots, helmet, and puggarees, in May; and one cloth suit, with boots, and cap, in November. They will be supplied with an overcoat every fourth year.
104.-Subordinate officers suspended from duty and afterwards restored to their situations shall not receive any pay for the time during which they shall have been suspended, unless a particular order be given for that purpose by the Governor.
105.-All subordinate officers, on being relieved from any particular duty, or transferred to another part of the prison, shall point out to their succes- sors all matters of special importance connected with their duties, and explain any directions of the Superintendent, or other superior officer, affecting any particular prisoner.
106.--Any subordinate officer disabled from the regular performance of his duties by illness must report the same to the Colonial Surgeon, who will, if necessary, order his removal to the Government Civil Hospital; and during the time. he is there he will be expected to conform to the Rules of that Establishment, and pay such charges as may be claimed for his maintenance and treatment.
107.-All Officers of the Prison must be men of moral principle and unblemished character. Disreputable conduct, and especially intoxication, will be visited with severity.
SURGEON.
108. The Surgeon shall have the medical charge of all the prisoners in the Gaol, and of their treatment when sick. He shall also give medical advice and assistance, including medicine, to the officers of the Prison and their families. He shall report from time to time, as may be directed, upon the sanitary condition of the Prison, and health of the prisoners and the Prison officers, and in reference to any other point in connection with the maintenance of health in the Prison upon which he may be directed to report.
109. The Surgeon shall visit the Gaol Hos- pital every morning (and oftener if necessary) and attend to both the complaining sick and those in Hospital. He shall inspect the newly admitted prisoners and pass them for Hard Labour or otherwise. He shall visit the punish- ment cells, and see the prisoners confined therein, as also all prisoners before they are put on Penal Diet.
110.-The Surgeon shall attend without delay at the Gaol at any hour on being summoned by the Superintendent, who shall be responsible for the reasonableness of the summons.
111. The Surgeon shall enter in a Journal to be kept in the Gaol--
(a.) Any observations or suggestions he may deem it important to make on the diet of prisoners not in Hospital. (b.) A short daily record of any sick pri- soners under his treatment, whether they are in Hospital or not; their names, nature of their complaints, and the treatment pursued
(c.) His orders for such additional articles of food or clothing as he may deem necessary for the health of any pri- soner not in Hospital, and the medical reasons for such orders. Such orders shall be entered in the Superinten- dent's Daily Return, and submitted to His Excellency the Governor. 112.-The Surgeon shall visit prisoners in separate cells who have given notice to the Su- perintendent that they are unwell and wish to see the Medical Officer.
113. No medicine shall be administered to any prisoner without the Surgeon's orders.
114.-The Surgeon shall regulate the hours of exercise and of labour of prisoners out of health.
115.-The Surgeon shall examine every.pri- soner on whom corporal punishment is about to be inflicted, before it takes place, and give a certi- ficate of his fitness to receive it or not. He shall be in attendance when such punishment is in- flicted. After such punishment, he shall daily attend to and examine such prisoner, until his person is quite healed.
116.-The Surgeon will examine the food
pro- vided for the prisoners, and inspect every prisoner weekly, and daily when epidemic disease exists in the neighbourhood.
117.-The Surgeon is to give written directions for separating prisoners having infectious com- plaints, or suspected of having them; and for cleansing, disinfecting, or destroying any infected apparel or bedding.
118.-The Surgeon shall report to the Superin- tendent the case of any prisoner about to be discharged who may be suffering from acute or dangerous disease; in which case the prisoner shall not be discharged, unless he demand it.
119.--The Hospital Warders shall be under the immediate orders of the Surgeon and shall be present at such times, and perform such duties as he may require from them, consistently with their position in the Gaol.
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