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Dr. BELL.-Oh, no. I think it is entirely intended for Chinese.
Dr. STEDMAN. Who looked after the Kennedy Town Hospital during the epidemic?
Dr. BELL. Dr. THOMSON,
Dr. STEDMAN. Was he living at the Peak part of the time?
Dr. BELL.-No, he asked permission to go there for a day occasionally.
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Dr. STEDMAN. Do you know how often he paid evening visits to the Kennedy Town Hospital?
Dr. BELL.-I could not say. Every day, I think.
Dr. STEDMAN-Did it come within your knowledge while he was at the l'eak that on one occasion a European patient with plague was taken to the Kennedy Town Hospital during the afternoon, and was not seen by Dr. THOMSON till the following morning?
Dr. BELL-No.
The Chairman.--Has there always been a resident officer at Kennedy Town during the epidemic ? `
Dr. BELL.-There has never been a resident officer there.
Dr. STEDMAM.-How far are Dr. THOMSON's quarters from Kennedy Town?
Dr. BELL.-About ten minutes, I should think.
Mr. SHARP. Do you consider there ought to be a resident medical officer at Ken- nedy Town during the epidemic ?
Dr. BELL.-Yes.
Mr. SHARP. Would those duties take up all his time?
Dr. BELL.—Yes, in epidemic times. There have never been any quarters there for a resident. It has been considered sufficient to run it from the Government Civil Hospital.
Colonel HUGHES.-During an epidemic should there not be quarters?
Dr. BELL.-Quarters are to be built.
The Chairman.-Where did Dr. GIBSON live?
Dr. BELL-I think it was opposite number 8 Police Station.
Dr. STEDMAN.-Near the Church Mission House?
Dr. BELL-I forget the name of the house.
Mr. SHARP.-How was the medical work at Kowloon managed last summer?
Dr. BELL.- I used to go over there, and Dr. THOMSON went over there occasion-
ally before he took over sole charge of the Plague Hospital.
Colonel HUGHES.-Is it necessary to have a medical officer there?
Dr. BELL. Yes, I think so.
Colonel HUGHES.-How did you get on last year?
Dr. BELL.-There was no mortuary or plague hospital there. Next year there is to be a plague hospital and a mortuary.
Colonel HUGHES.-It would only be for a certain time of the year?
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