§ 24. Mr. JOWETTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether in Calabar there are hospitals for the exclusive use of natives and non-natives, respectively; and whether native doctors, no matter how high their qualifications, are disqualified by reason of their colour from ministering to the sick in either of 275 these institutions, both of which are maintained to a considerable extent by revenue drawn from the natives themselves?
Mr. HARCOURTThere is a native and a European hospital at Calabar. They are administered by Government medical officers, but I cannot say whether any of the officers in charge? at present are natives. The question of allowing private practitioners to take charge of their patients after admission to hospital is under consideration.