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SECOND MEETING.
Council Chamber.
Wednesday, 6th November, 1901.
PRESENT:
Deputy Inspector General DREW, R.N., (Chairman).
Colonel HUGHES, D.S.O., R.A.M.C.
Dr. F. O. STEDMAN, M.D., B.S., London.
C. S. SHARP, Esq.
R. L. RICHARDson, Esq.
E. D. C. WOLFE, Esq., (Secretary).
The Chairman.-I propose to have the minutes of the last meeting read.
The Secretary read the minutes of the First Meeting.
The Chairman.-The next thing to do is to call in Dr. ATKINSON.
Dr J. M. ATKINSON was then called before the Committee.
The Chairman.-Dr. ATKINSON, you are the Principal Civil Medical Officer ?
Dr. ATKINSON.-Yes, I am.
The Chairman.-Excluding the Sanitary Department and the Health Officers of the Port how many medical officers are working under you?
Dr. ATKINSON.-Three Assistant Surgeons-Dr. LowSON, Dr. BELL, Dr. THOMSON— and in addition Dr. JORDAN who is Medical Officer of Health for the Port.
Colonel HUGHES.—And the Assistant?
Dr. ATKINSON.There is no Assistant. Dr. SWAN is the Deputy Health Officer of the Port, but he is not a salaried officer.
Dr. STEDMAN. He does not give his whole time to the work?
Dr. ATKINSON.-No, he does not give his whole time.
Colonel HUGHES.-There are four Assistant Surgeons.
Dr. ATKINSON.-There will be when the extra Assistant Surgeon arrives, whose appointment has been sanctioned by the Secretary of State.
five;
Colonel HUGHES.-Then there will be four Assistant Surgeons?
The Chairman.-There are not four yet. There is one coming out.
is not that so?
Dr. ATKINSON.
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Yes.
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The Chairman.-Would you please describe to the Committee the duties which devolve upon you?
Dr. ATKINSON.—I may say that, at present, one Medical Officer, Dr. Lowson, is away on leave, and consequently part of his duties fall upon me. I perform the admin- istrative work of the Medical Department, that is to say, all letters concerning the staff, correspondence with the Government, Heads of Departments, mercantile firms and others, and in addition to that I have charge of wards.
The Chairman.-How many?
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