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Matron's Duties.
Chaplain's Duties.
Chaplain's Reports.
Duties of Medical Oficer.
His powers.
As to discharge of Sick Prisoners.
His yearly reports.
Every Officer or Jus-.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
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LXXII. No Dogs, (except for security), and no Birds or other animals so as create a nuisance or obstruction therein, shall be kept within the Prison promises, LXXIII. The Matron shall reside in the Gaol, and be under the orders of th Governor of the Gaol, and conform to all the Rules laid down for the Warden, so i as they are applicable to Female Prisoners. She shall be present at the distributį. of food to Female Prisoners, and see every such Prisoner once in each 24 hours; s shall not absent herself from the Gaol for a night without the permission of the sal Governor. She shall take care that no Male Officer of the Prison, unaccompanied 1: herself, enter a Cell or Room occupied by a Female Prisoner; she shall search ever: Female Prisoner on admission, and as often as necessary, but not in presence of a Male Person or any other Prisoner, and shall deliver to the said Governor all proper found in possession of any such Prisoner, But in case of necessity, the Matron ma delegato her duty to the wife of an Officer of the Gaol, or some other married woma
LXXIV. The Chaplain shall read prayers with the Prisoners, and read or preach to them a discourse, and perform all other Offices of Religion as often as he may se fit, and shall visit each Prisoner in such Prisoner's Cell as often as such Chaplain may sce fit. He shall attend at all reasonable times when a Prisoner or sick Person may require his services. He shall specially tender his assistance to all Prisoners under Sentence of Death, or charged with Offences punishable with Death,
LXXV. He shall inform the Governor of the Gaol wlienever he may observe the mind of a Prisoner likely to be injuriously affected by the treatment such Prison: may be then receiving. He shall record in the Visiting Book all observations mad. by him in the performance of his duty, appearing to him important.
LXXVI. The Medical Officer shall visit the Gaol at least once in each day, when his other duties permit him, and shall enter in the Visiting Book all observations or occurrences in the perfomance of his duty that he may deem important, all alterations in the Diet of Prisoners not removed to the Infirmary, any wants of cleanliness, drainage, warmth, or ventilation, or any insufficiency or bad quality of bedding clothing, provisions, or water.
LXXVII. He shall also keep a short daily record of the case of every sick Prisoner, noting the name of the patient, nature of the disease, and treatment pursued. No Medicine shall be administered without his order. He shall regulate the hours of exercise for the sick Prisoners. He shall direct the purchase of such additional articles as he may deem necessary to the health of any Prisoner, recording in the Visiting Book the fact, ad his reasons. He shall bring to the notice of the Chaplain every Prisoner whose state of mind shall appear to demand the Chaplain's care.
LXXVIII. If the said Medical Officer considers to be unsafe the discharge from Gaol of any Prisoner suffering from acute disease, he shall delay such discharge as long as he may deem expedient, notwithstanding that the term of such Prisoner's confinement may have expired, unless the Prisoner himself desire to be discharged. No corporal Punishment exceeding Six Strokes shall be inflicted without the previous inspection of the Colonial Surgeon. He may appoint a substitute to attend the Gaol during his unavoidable absence.
LXXIX. The said Medical Officer shall deliver to the Colonial Secretary, as soon as possible after the close of the Month of December in each Year, a Report in writing, in which shall be detailed the number of Sick among the Prisoners during the Year immediately preceding, the Mortality, the sanitary condition of the Gaol what diseases have been most prevalent therein, whether any part of the sickness may be reasonably attributed to defect in the construction or management of the Gaol, what sanitary precautions he may deem it necessary to add to those then in force, and such other matters as to him may seem fit.
LXXX. Every Non-resident Officer of the Gaol, excepting the Colonial Surgeon, tice to write his name every Visiting Justice, and every Justice of the Peace, on each occasion of his visiting the Gaol for the purpose of these Regulations, shall write his name, and the date of the visit in the Gaol Visitation Book.
on the proper Book.
Scale of Diet for Pri-
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LXXXI. The following is the prescribed allowance of food and necessaries for Prisoners, subject to such alterations as the Governor of the Gaol shall, with the consent of his said Excellency, from time to time make public:-
1.-For Chinese and Persons accustomed to Chinese Diet.
Rice,
Salt or Fresh Fish,
Vegetables, in lieu of Fish, ...
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1 catty, 2 taels.
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