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Appendix IV.
HONGKONG. No. 259.
SIB,
DOWNING STREET,
7th August, 1901.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 218 of the 10th of June in which you request that another Assistant Surgeon may be appointed to be attached to the Medical Department, and to inform you that, in view of the necessity which apparently exists for a reconsideration of the present plan of organisation in the Medical and Sanitary Departments, I do not consider it advisable at present to make a new permanent appointment of the kind indicated.
I am, therefore, proceeding to select an Assistant Surgeon who will be appointed on a three years' agreement, the Government having the option of retaining his services at the close of that period. Meanwhile, I shall be glad if you will furnish me with a general scheme showing the effect of recent new appointments in the Medical and Sanitary Departments and of any further proposals that it may be necessary to make as to the requirements of these Departments in Hongkong itself and in the New Territory.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
Governor
Sir HENRY A. BLAKE, G.C.M.G.,
&c.,
ģe.,
&c.
Appendix V.
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,
HONGKONG, 18th September, 1901.
SIR,
With reference to C.O.D. No. 259, dated 7th August last, I have the honour to report as follows :—
The Medical Department as at present constituted consists of:-
Principal Civil Medical Officer, Dr. ATKINSON.
Three Assistant Surgeons, Drs. LowSON, BELL and THOMSON.
Health Officer for the Port, Dr. JORDAN.
Deputy Health Officer for the Port, Dr. SWAN.
Medical Officer of Health for the Town, Dr. CLARK.
Assistant Medical Officer of Health for the Town, Dr. PEARSE.
The Principal Civil Medical Officer, in addition to his administrative duties as head of the Medical Department, has at present to take charge of wards in the Government Civil Hospital.
He is also now President of the Sanitary Board.
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