The annual meeting of this institution took place yesterday afternoon at No. 2, Ningpo Road, Sir Nicholas Hannen pre~ sided, and there were present Mr. and Mrs.
Thorne, Drs. Henderson, Macleod, and Milles, and Mr. C. King (Hon, Secretary P®! and Treasurer.)
Upon the motion of Dr. Milles, Mr. Pang, a medical assistant in the hospital was nominated native house surgeon instead of native assistant to Mr. Chang Foo, and after some discussion it was resolved to re-arrange the report and accounts before publishing them, and they were then unanimously adopted, Dr. Henderson said he should like to draw attention to the fact that 156 cases of cholera were trented during the year in the hospital, and quite a number of deaths had occurred. It seemed that the public objected strongly to cholera cases being treated in the hospital. The matter Board, and it had been decided that it was had been brought before the Sanitary very undesirable to mass cholera cases together in that way. It would of course be Very difficult to arrange for the treatment of those cases elsewhere than in the hospital. Pho matter had been before the Council, and their attention had been drawn to the fact that it would be absolutely necessary. with the rapid growth of the Settlement, to provide a site for an isolation hospital, He, the speaker, did not know but that next year they would be prohibited altogether from receiving cholera cases.
The difficulty of procuring another site was discussed, but it was finally decided that the Committee should look into the matter.
Upon the motion of Mr. Thorne a vote of thanks was accorded to the medical officers and Dr. Lalcaca for their valuable services during the year, the proceedings terminating with a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Treasurer.
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