TABLE 38
VACCINE PRODUCTION 1960
TABLE 39(Contd.)
19,50
7360
AMORNI Prepared
Amount issued
Wholesale Poisons Licences issued
350
414
Authorized Sellers Licences issued
32
32
Anti-smallpox vaccine
30,396 mls.
23,377 mls.
Listed Sellers Licences issued (Part II Poisons
only)
Anti-rabies vaccine 24,
32,280 mls.
17.080 mls.
282
536
Antibiotic Permits issued
203
223
Anti-rabies vaccine 4%
29.240 mls.
28.000 mls.
Anti-typhoid-paratyphoid vaccine (Adult)
61,350 mls.
36,600 mls.
Anti-typhoid-paratyphoid vaccine (children)
71,800 mls.
Anti-plague vaccine
28,060 mls.
Anti-cholera vaccine
44,650 ml. 600 mls. 14.750
Licences for movements of Dangerous Drugs Premises inspected
309
294
1.104
1,625
Prosecutions initiated
3
25
P.P.D. Tuberculin diluted and issued 8.550 mls.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICE
280. The purchase of drugs, dressings and instruments and their distribution to Government and, to a lesser degree, to certain Govern- ment-assisted institutions is the responsibility of the Pharmaceutical Service under the direction of the Chief Pharmacist.
281. During the year the headquarters of the Service was able to expand its previously limited accommodation at the Central Medical Store, located at North Point on Hong Kong Island. There is also a branch Medical Store in Kowloon which acts as the distribution centre for Kowloon and the mainland part of the New Territories. Manufac- ture in bulk of certain pharmaceuticals is undertaken at both these centres and fluids for parenteral administration are prepared at North Point and at the Queen Mary Hospital.
282. The Chief Pharmacist, who is a member of the Pharmacy Board, has important responsibilities in connexion with the enforcement of the Ordinances dealing with Dangerous Drugs, Pharmacy and Poisons and the control of antibiotics. He has a staff of qualified pharmacists of whom two are occupied full-time on inspectorial duties. The inspec- tion of premises, both manufacturing and retail, and of their records. is carried out regularly,
TABLE 39
WORK OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICE 1959-60
Parenteral fluids prepared Other sterile preparations
1939
104,325 litres 106,362 items
1960 116,000 litres (20.475 items
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THE ALMONER SERVICE
283. Under the conditions existing in Hong Kong there is a vast amount of medical social work necessary to support the curative services; the provision of this facility is the responsibility of the Principal Almoner whose staff of Almoners is distributed amongst the hospitals, the larger clinics and certain specialist services. Responsibilities addi- tional to the day to day medical social work include the administration of the Samaritan Fund and of the Special Treatment vote, the distribu- tion of free foods donated by various welfare organizations and the in-service training of newly-recruited almoners. The Almoner Service also participates in the training of medical and social-studies students and of social workers undergoing in-service training in various other Government departments.
284. At the Queen Mary and Kowloon Hospitals much of the work of the Almoners was devoted to the orthopaedic service, particularly in connexion with accidents and early rehabilitation. In the Queen Mary Hospital considerable time was devoted to patients with cancer under- going radiotherapy. In the convalescent wards of Lai Chi Kok Hospital, the most difficult problem that continued to arise was the finding of suitable employment for the disabled.
285. At the Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital the Almoners arranged for diversional therapy to be started, through the good offices of the Hong Kong Branch of the British Red Cross Society, amongst women who spend prolonged periods in the hospital due to various complica- tions of pregnancy.
286. With the opening of the Castle Peak Hospital and the establish- ment of a mental day hospital, there was an increase in the number of Almoners working in the Mental Health Service. An important and additional aspect of the work has been the collection of the social histories of patients requesting admission to the Drug Addiction Centre
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