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HONGKONG ESTIMATES
PUBLIC HEALTH.
1.—MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS,—Continued.
Brought forward,.................
B. HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS,—Continued.
Brought forward,...
OTHER CHARGES,— Continued.
Approved Estimate, 1913.
Estimate, 1914.
63,021
62,826
83,756
76,871
Civil Hospital.
Brought forward,.
18,330
16,530
Incidental Expenses,
1,200
1,200
Medical Comforts,
1,600
1,600
Medicines and Surgical Appliances,
8,400
8,400
Provisions for Patients,
21,030
21,000
Rent of Telephone Exchange, (£10),
109
(1)
Surgical Instruments,
900
900
Uniform for Indian Constables,.
78
78
Upkeep of X Ray Apparatus,
240
240
Washing,....
1,800
2,600
(2)
53,657
52,548
Lunatic Asylums.
Bedding and Clothing,
450
450
Electric Fans,. •
230
...
(3)
Fuel and Light,
850
750
(4)
Furniture,
300
300
Incidental Expenses,
Medical Comforts,
Medicines and Surgical Appliances,
Provisions for Patients,
300
300
100
100
200
200
4,400
4,000
(4)
Support of Lunatics abroad,
5,000
5,000
(5)
Washing,
300
300
12,130
11,400
Kennedy Town Hospital.
Provisions, &c.,
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Victoria IIospital for Women and Children.
Bedding and Clothing,
600
600
Fuel and Light,
1,300
1,200
(4)
Furniture,
400
400
Incidental Expenses,
160
160
Medical Comforts,
300
300
Medicines and Surgical Appliances,
800
800
Provisions for Patients,
4,000
4,000
Surgical Instruments,
100
100
Washing,
450
450
8,110
8,010
Tung Wah Hospital.
Medicines,
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital.
Board and Lodging for 6 Pupil Midwives, at $96 each,.
576
576
576
576
New Territories.
Bonuses to Vaccinator,
75
Conveyance Allowance to Vaccinator,
120
} (6)
Medicines,
Rent of Temporary Dispensary,
600
600
120
120
720
915
Total Other Charges,
78,693
76,949
Total Hospitals and Asylums,
162,449
153,820
Carried forward,
225,470
216,646
(1) Transferred to D.-Government Laboratory.
(2) Previously under-estimated.
(3) Non-recurrent.
(4) Considered sufficient.
(5) $3,600 annual grant for 3 years from 1913 to John C. Kerr Refuge for the Insane at Canton,-C.O. Telegram of 13th September, 1912.
(6) To encourage vaccination in the New Territories.