§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that there is only one physician in charge of the Kennedy Town Plague Hospital, Hong Kong; and, in view of the requirements of the patients, will he consider the expediency of calling for a report on the subject, with a view to a larger and better trained staff being provided for this hospital.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe staff at the Kennedy Town Hospital for infectious diseases, which is, I am told, within easy reach of the civil hospital, includes a resident medical officer, two trained European wardmasters, and two trained sisters. According to the latest returns the total number of beds is twenty-eight, and the daily average of cases in hospital less than five. Under these circumstances, I see no necessity to interfere with the arrangements made by the Colonial Government, with the advice of the principal civil medical officer.
§ Mr. J. CHAMBERLAINCertainly not. I think the answer complete.