The Hospital buildings of the "Municipal Gaol were struck by shells when hostilities occurred ín that area. Nine convict patients were killed and 60 wounded. Other Gaol buildings were damaged, including the Indian Staff Quarters. Several Indian Warders were injured and transferred to the Municipal Police Hospital.
The Gaol, however, was mot evacuated, and arrangements made to transfer 250 sick convicts to areas South of the Soochow Creek failed to materialize.
Evacuation and re-organization of Municipal Hospitals was efficiently and smoothly performed. The Medical Officers and Nursing Staff performed their individual duties creditably and the conduct of the Chinese domestic staff was also praiseworthy.
Fortunately, the end of the year showed the measles epidemic under control. This was due in part to the hospitalization of cases from Refugee Camps on a fairly large scale, and also, to the generous manner in which the Public responded to the call for donors of blood from which anti-measles serum was prepared and administered.
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