 In March 1939 he stated that the non-European patients on Peel Island could readily be transferred to Fantome Island, with a considerable saving in annual costs to the government for their care.He pointed out that treating an Aboriginal leper at Peel Island cost about per annum; whereas this could be reduced to - at Palm (Fantome) Island.He also noted that the difficulty of finding staff willing to work with Hansen's disease or STI patients could be dealt with by using nuns from the nursing branch of a religious body.