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to the Mission by the Dutch Reformed Union of New York 

 City. A large new schooner was built at the mill, and a 

 Gloucester schooner, the Lorna Doone, purchased in Boston. 

 A volunteer doctor was stationed at the large summer 

 fishery at Blanc Sablon. Trained nurses from the Johns 

 Hopkins hospital took charge of districts on each side of 

 the Strait of Belle Isle; nurses teaching sanitation and 

 tending the sick. A skilled teacher was placed at St. Anthony 

 and another at L'Anse Amour. Because of the increasing 

 consulting and operating work, an additional surgeon was 

 added to the staff working either on the hospital ship or at 

 St. Anthony. For this work Dr. J. Mason Little, of Boston, 

 volunteered. Mr. W. G. Lindsay, of Queenstown, Ireland, 

 also volunteer, took charge of the reindeer industry. The 

 growth of the medical work is shown by the following 

 summary of cases treated this year (1907) : 



In-patients, 193. 



Out-patients, 4720. 



Operations under general anaesthetics, 80. 



A doctor's house was built at St. Anthony. A new motor- 

 launch was given in Washington for the doctor's use, and 

 navigated down to the coast by volunteers from Yale Uni- 

 versity. Several additional volunteer nurses and workers 

 gave their aid during the open season. A large cooperative 

 store was started at St. Anthony. Electric power and 

 electrical therapeutic apparatus were there installed. A 

 permanent nursing centre was built at Forteau. 



The condition of the fishermen and their families in the 

 far-off places, even of Newfoundland itself, are described 

 in many places by many people. I may quote here from 

 Admiral Sir W. R. Kennedy, well known as an author, and 



