Smalley, James Thornton (1913-EOP)

Updated August 14, 2013

b.1882-d. August 17, 1961, Cambridge. MRCS (Eng.) 1907; LRCP (Lond.) 1907. Qualified at Guy's Hospital 1907. House Surgeon, East London Hospital 1907. Resident medical officer, Colonial Hospital, Suva, Fiji 1910. Medical Officer of Health and Port Medical Officer, Seonka. Hong Kong 1913. Hong Kong Government, Medical officer in charge of Kowloon and the New Territories May 13, 1913 - November 4, 1922; Medical Officer, Lai Chi Kok Gaol 1921-1922; Second Medical Officer, Government Civil Hospital January 1923. Medical Officer in charge, Kowloon Hospital December 24, 1925 - 1927, 1931-[n.d.]1]; Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer (vice Joseph Bartlett Addison) November 8, 1927 - January 3, 1928; Medical Officer in charge of the Victoria General Maternity Hospital 1927-30; Acting Deputy Director, Medical and Sanitary Services April 10, 1928 – 1940; Senior Medical Officer 1931; Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths June 11, 1937-1940; Acting Director of Medical Services July 21, 1937 – December 3, 1938, November 21, 1938 – 1940. Retired from civil service January 1940. Registered medical practitioner Hong Kong February 6, 1940 through EOP. Private practitioner 1940-EOP. Surgeon-Lieutenant, HKVDC April 7, 1914 - November 29, 1926. HKU, Tutor, Out-Patients Department 1923-24; Acting Lecturer in Hygiene 1923; Lecturer in Pharmacology 1924. JP (official) 1919-40, (unofficial) April 30, 1941 -EOP. Residence, address 1: Knutsford Hotel, Kowloon 1940; address 2: Empress Lodge, Mody Road, Kowloon 1941. Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, interned, with family, Kowloon Hotel 1941-45. Retired to Cambridge after the war. Chairman, Ministry of Pensions Medical Board, Cambridge. Consultant in tropical medicine, East Anglian Regional Hospital Board. Honor: King's Coronation Medal 1937. Unpublished writing: Diary of Work at Kowloon Hospital.

s/o  Major-General Frederick Smalley of Madras Infantry.
m. Ethel Clifford 1910; d/o Captain F.J. Clifford of Kent Regiment. Had issues: 1. Joan Smalley; and 2. Mary Smalley. Related to Rachel Elizabeth Smalley.

[Smalley was injured in a car accident on March 1, 1939 when his car (#652) which he was driving came into collision with another car (#4420) at the corner of Waterloo Road and Argyle Street. Smalley and a woman passenger in the other car were removed to the Kowloon Hospital (of which Smalley was in charge); the condition of both patients, as it was learned later that night, was not serious.]

[Smalley's residence in Mody Road was broken into by a thief on May 7, 1940, who took away a chromium clock, valued at $50.]

[There was a decorated (Distinguished Flying Cross July 30,1940) Royal Air Force pilot existing in the European Theatre of World War II, whose name was James Ralph Thornton Smalley. Might he be Smalley's son?]

[1] Smalley was the first medical officer in charge of the Kowloon Hospital, which opened on Christmas Eve 1925.

Selected bibliography: The British Medical Journal, September 2, 1961, p.654, Obit uary: J.T. Smalley. / Evans, Dafydd Emrys, Constancy of Purpose: Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1987. / Hong Kong Daily Press, January 5, 1935, p.7, Silver Wedding, Dr. & Mrs. J.T. Smalley; March 2, 1939, p.1, Dr. Smalley Injured in Smash; January 20, 1940, p.1, Presentation to Dr. and Mrs. James T. Smalley. / The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 17, 1914, Appt. #142; December 3, 1926, Appt. #660; November 10, 1927, Appt. #655; April 10, 1928, Appt. 181; August 20, 1937, Appt. #578; May 14, 1937, Honors; June 11, 1937, Appt. #405; July 16, 1937, Appt. #490; November 25, 1938, Appt. #906; October 27, 1939, Proclamation; February 7, 1940, Notice #164; May 2, 1941, App.t #508; May 30, 1941, Notice #658. / Hong Kong Medical Report for the Year 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925. / Hong Kong War Diary [internet]. / The London Gazette, October 8, 1940, pp.5901-03.

McKenny, Charles William (1912)

updated June 30, 2013

b. February 21, 1885. BS, MD, Trinity College, Ireland. Resident surgeon, Meath Hospital, Dublin 1911. Hong Kong 1912. Hong Kong Government, Medical Officer, Victoria Gaol 1912; Acting Superintendent, Victoria Hospital (vice John Taylor Connell Johnson) December 14, 1918 - January 8, 1919; Acting Superintendent, Government Civil Hospital; Visiting Medical Officer, Tung Wah Hospital; Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer (vice J.T.C. Johnson) February 8, 1919, and July 7, 1923. Supernumerary Surgeon-Lieutenant, HKVDC August 5, 1914. JP (official) October 5, 1917 - 1927. HKU, Lecturer in Clinical Medicine 1913-27, Anesthetics 1919-20, Anesthetist to the Surgical Clinic 1920-25, Clinical Obstetrics 1923-25, Radiology and Radio-Therapeutics 1927; tutor in the Out-Patients Department 1921-22; Senate 1918-20.

s/o James and Kate McKenny [1].

[1] James McKenny, veterinary surgeon; address: #116 Stephens Green Street, Clonliffe, Dublin 1885.

Selected bibliography: Dafydd Emrys Evans (1987) Constancy of Purpose, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. / The Hong Kong Government Gazette, August 7, 1914, Appt. #299; October 5, 1917, Appt. #446; February 21, 1919, Appt. #81; July 13, 1923, Appt. #314; June 10, 1927, Notice #349. / Irish Genealogy › Search Church Records › Area – Dublin [internet]. / Medical and Sanitary Reports for the Year  1918, Hong Kong Government. / The National Archives of Ireland › 1911 census [internet]. / Proceedings of Meeting, Hong Kong Legislative Council, January 30, 1919. / Ure, Gavin, Governors, Politics and the Colonial Office: Public Policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2012.

Macfarlane, Harold (1903-d.1919, HK)

updated June 30, 2013.

b. July 15, 1876 - d. February 7, 1919, Hong Kong.

MBBS (Edin.); LRCP (Lond.); LRCS (Edin.); DPH (Oxon.). Hong Kong September 1903. Hong Kong Government, Assistant Medical Officer of Health September 25, 1903; Government Bacteriologist [1] April 30, 1909 - 1918; Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer (vice John Taylor Connell Johnson) January 24, 1919. Lecturer in Chemistry and Physics 1905-07, Chemistry 1907-1909, HKCMC. One of the nine HKCMC teaching staff transferred to HKU when it became established in 1912 [2]. HKU Senate 1912. Publications: The Stegomyia Survey in Hong Kong, Bulletin of Entomological Research, February 1915, Vol. #6, Issue #1. Club: Hong Kong Club. Died suddenly on February 7, 1919.

s/o William Alexander MacFarlane, MD.
m. Laura Gertrude Massy [3] August 5, 1903.

[1] While working at Bacteriological Institute, Macfarlane took charge of a government investigation of Stegomyia mosquitoes, the findings was later published. He also made a study, collaborating with Adam Gibson, MRCVS, the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, on flies in Hong Kong.

[2] HKCMC teaches transferred to the staff of the Faculty of Medicine, HKU in 1912 were: Francis William Clark, Charles Forsyth, Arthur C. Franklin, Gregory Paul Jordan, Frederick Theobald Keyt, Wilfred Vincent Miller Koch, Harold MacFarlane, Oswald Marriott and Wilfred William Pearse.

[3] Laura Gertrude Massy was the daughter of the Rev. Xavier Peel Massy, who was the Rector of Colinton, Edinburgh. The year next following Macfarlane's death, she remarried Philip Peveril John Wodehouse on October 6, 1920. She died on February 2, 1959.

Selected bibliography: Dafydd Emrys Evans (1987) Constancy of Purpose, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. / The Hong Kong Government Gazette, September 25, 1903, Notice #629; October 15, 1909, Appt. #646; January 24, 1919, Appt. #42. / Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences Society, Plague, SARS, and the Story of Medicine in Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. / Lucas, Edward Verrall, Who's Who in the Far East, 1906-7, Hong Kong: 1907. / The Peerage [internet].

Addison, Joseph Bartlett (1924-1928)

updated September 10, 2013

b.1875 – d.1928, Seychelles. MRCS (Eng.); LRCP (Lond.). Trained at St. Mary's Hospital, London. Seychelles, Assistant Medical Officer 1907; Chief Medical Officer 1908; act as private secretary and clerk to the Executive Council 1912. Hong Kong 1924. Hong Kong Government., Principal Civil Medical Officer March 1, 1924 – 1928. JP (official) April 11, 1924 – 1928. Legislative Council May 14, 1925 – February 4, 1926. Left Hong Kong due to breakdown of health January 10, 1928. Died 1928, Seychelles (5). Honor: MBE 1918.

[Addison was paid an annual salary of £1,000, rising by £50 per year that followed. There was also a conveyance allowance of $360 a year. He was appointed by the Home Government.]

Selected bibliography: The China Mail, February 29, 1928, p.6, Dr. J.B. Addison, Death at Seychelles. The Hong Kong Daily Press, January 12, 1928, p.6, Departure of Dr. J.B. Addison. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, March 14, 1924, Appt. #132; April 11, 1924, Appt. #195a. Official Website of the Legislative Council, Hong Kong [internet]. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, July 4, 1923, p.6. Supplement to the London Gazette, October 4, 1918, p.117766.

Bell, John (1888-1896)

updated August 20, 2013

b. November 10, 1859. MRCS (Eng.) October 25, 1883; LRCP (Lond.) June 21, 1884; DPH (Lond.). Registered to practice Hong Kong May 5, 1888 through 1896. Practice practitioner 1888-96, Drs. Adams and Jordan 1888, address: Pedder Street 1888. Provided free service to Alice Memorial Hospital 1888-96. Hong Kong Government, Acting Superintendent, Government Civil Hospital 1896. Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer, 4 occasions in 1900, 1901, 1910 and 1912. Superintendent, Government Civil Hospital 1903. Lecturer in Clinical Surgery 1888-92, Pathology 1892-96, Pathology and Bacteriology 1896-98, HKCMC. President, Sanitary Board 1900. Club: Hong Kong Club.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 5, 1888, Notice; May 8, 1897, Notice #167; May 7, 1909, Appt. #274; March 4, 1910, Appt. #68; March 22, 1912, Appt. #95.

Atkinson, John Mitford (1887-1912)

John M. Atkinson

updated September 1, 2013

b. December 3, 1856 – d. May 23, 1917, London. MB (Lond.) 1881; MBCS, (Eng.); LSA (Lond.) 1878; DPH (Cantab.) 1894. Resident Medical Officer, St. Mary Abbott's Infirmary, Kensington 1878-85. Medical Officer, No. 3 District St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington 1885-87. Hong Kong November 17, 1887. Hong Kong Government, Supeerintendent, Government Civil Hospital and Medical Officer, Small-pox Hospital and Government Lunatic Asylums 1887; Acting Colonial Surgeon 1895; Principal Civil Medical Officer and President, Sanitary Board 1897-1912; Legislative and Executive Councils 1903-12. Public Vaccinator September 12, 1891. Helped found Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, Barker Road 1897. Lecturer in Physiology, HKCMC [n.d.]-1891. Received commendation from Secretary of State for services during plague 1898. FRCI 1887. President, Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine 1912. Retired, London 1912 after 25 years in Hong Kong. RAMC, Major July 26, 1915; head of the Richmond Military Hospital 1915; resigned, spring 1916. Publications: Plague Procedure in Hong Kong, British Medical Journal December 15, 1906. Club: Hong Kong Club.

s/o Rev. S. Atkinson.

Selected bibliography: Evans, Dafydd Emrys (Ed.) Constancy of Purpose, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1987. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, September 19, 1891, Notice #389.