1022 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21st NOVEMBER. 1885.
helmet, and puggarces, in May; and one cloth suit, with boots, and cap, in November. They will be supplied with an overcoat every
fourth
year.
100. 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.
101.-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.
102. 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.
103.---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.
104.-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, the 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 which he
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be directed to report. may 105. The Surgeon shall visit the Gaol Hospital 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 punishment cells, and see the prisoners confined therein, as also all prisoners before they are put on Penal Diet.
106.-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.
107.-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.
(e.) Ilis orders for such additional articles of food or clothing as he may deem necessary for the health of any pri- souer not in Hospital, and the medical reasons for such orders. Such orders shall be entered in the Superinten- dent's Daily Return, and submittel to His Excellency the Governor. 108.-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.
109.-No medicine shall be administered to any prisoner without the Surgeon's orders.
110. The Surgeon shall regulate the hours of exercise and of labour of prisoners out of health.
111.-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.
112. 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.
113. 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.
114.-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.
115.-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.
116.-The Superintendent shall place at the disposal of the Surgeon well conducted prisoners. who can safely be entrusted with the duty of attending upon the sick, not exceeding in number one to every ten patients.
117.-The Surgeon shall report to the Superin- tendent any irregularity in the Gaol Hospital which may come to his knowledge, or any diffi- culty or obstruction which he may meet with in the performance of his duty.
118. The Surgeon is to examine all candi- dates for employment as subordinate Officers or servants of the Gaol, and report whether they possess the necessary qualifications as to health and strength.
119.-The Surgeon shall take care that all medicines and stimulants are properly locked up, and are not accessible to any prisoner; and when there is no paid dispenser, he shall issue day by day to the Hospital Warder all medicines and stimulants to be administered in his absence.
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