In the reports of the work of the London Mission Hospitals at Hankow for the yew 1900, there is naturally a good deal of space devoted to the crisis of fast. summer, then the Settlement was threatened with destruction, It is pointed out that but for the strong and able admini ion of the Viceroy, Chang Chih-tung who received able assistance from Mr.
Fraser, the British Consul, Ni would have shared the experiences of Tientsin and Peking. When things were at their worst Sunday services were held in the mission chapel, and the dispensary was kept open through on ud even when the strain was at its greatest patients were still seen thrice a week in the consulting room. The native staff, headed by Mr, Tsou, the chief assistant, stuck nobly to their task, wl_-never once showed the white feather. A wise precaution was taken between the 7th Ju'y and the middle of September, when " gradual discharge was made of patients feom the wards, it bein considered unwise to keep strangers such close contact with foreigners at the ime. In the terribly hot month of August the mission workers hud their Inbours.ivcroused by the arrival of a band of missionary refugees from Chibli province, after awful exper ences of heat, hunger, thirst, and barb rous troxtment from the natives, Thanks to the noble snd untiring energy of Drs. Hall and Parry, whos: efforts were well seconded bythe Misses Smith ming, Lloyd, and MeQuillan, the refus who were inn pitiable plight and suffering from dysentery, were successfully treated and restored th health. It come with a shock of grief to every me connected with the mission when Miss Lloyd, one of the most devoted of the faithful land of nurses, died after a brief illness, In the midst of all this work, the local situation was becoming more strain every day, and conferences were hell daily in Dr. John's garden to talk over the atter. Happily the hourly expected did_not come, and before many weeks hat elapsed, chapels were reopened and patients again admitted freely to the wards, The number of out pavionts treated during the year was 7,102, as against 8,244 for the previ and the number of in-patients inst G43.
Chloroform was admi 289 being tae number was thus a fa hes the dverease mostly took plice in' the second half of the year, an increase having taken place up tothe end of June on the suinber for the corresponding period of the previous year. In July and August, while there were not so many "now eases, the number of old cases fell but showing that those who were had confidence in the mission, even in troublous times. The average number in the wards for the whole year, excluding the months of August and September, was thirty-four, surgical cases, as usual, having predominated. In the work of the foreign staff, Dr, McA'l did nobly, and when sickness laid him aside for a short time in the summer his place was capably filled by Dr. Fowler, The native stof worked well, and gave general satisfaction. The work of the Medical School progressed, and several of the students made good advances with their studies. When Dr. MecAll was called away to Wuchang to temporarily ill the vacancy caused by Dr. Daxenport going home on furlough, Miss Cousins undertook to continue the English lessons te the students, with the best results. Financially the' year began with a amall debit balance, and ended with the same, and fresh subscriptions are earnestly solicited for carrying on this admirable work. To the generous foreign and native subscribers the mission is greatly indebted, and special mention is made in the report of the Boys' Brigade in England, of Mr. ©. W. Gordon for auditing the accounts, and of Mr. H. W. Whistler for a present of rice to the poorer patients, During the year the work of the Margaret Hospital had its ups and downs, and from medical and evangelistic points of view there wore some interesting cases. The number of out-patients treated was 2,059, and that of in-patients 100, while 590 patients were treated at the Kia Kini Dis-pen sary. Altozether the Hospital reports show that the work carried on last year, in the face of such terrible difficulti worthy of every support which can be given 0 it.
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