and, in the case of Castle Peak Hospital. for relatives to see doctors. This fural relies entirely on private donations without assistance from Government and expenditure is therefore limited.
400. The Leprosy Fund expended $6.821.05 in the year, a rise of nearly 200% over 1961; the fund is used largely for assistance in paying rents for the accommodation of families of patients undergoing pro- longed treatment in the Hei Ling Chau Leprosarium.
401. Generous donations of free foods, made by CAR,E,. the Catholic Relief Services, the Church World Service, the Lutheran World Service, the Boys and Girls Clubs Association and U.N.ICEF.. мисте available for distribution by the Almoners and are gratefully acknowl- edged.
402. The medical social work of the Almoner Service was greatly assisted by the ready co-operation afforded by the Family Welfare Society, the Church World Service, Caritas, the Family Planning Association, the Hong Kong Branch of the British Red Cross Society, the Lutheran World Service, the Salvation Army, the Hong Kong Cheshire Home, the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, and the Po Leung Kuk. In addition, the Social Welfare Department and the Re- settlement Department continued to give valuable co-operation in their respective spheres.
PHYSIOTHERAPY
403. Full-time physiotherapy units are maintained in the Queen Mary, Kowloon and Lai Chi Kok Hospitals and in the Wanchai Poly- clinic. A part-time service was operated three days each week at Castle Peak Hospital, commencing in October 1962.
404. At the Kowloon Hospital, work again increased by approxi mately 1,000 more treatments per month compared to the previous year. A sharp rise in the number of cases of paralytic poliomyelitis during the summer months was the main cause of this increase which called for the erection of a marquee in the Hospital grounds to provide temporary additional accommodation. Rehabilitation of selected bedridden patients suffering from hemiplegia from the Kwong Wah Hospital was under- taken twice weekly in groups of 10.
405, Ar the Wanchai Polyclinic, re-training classes for poliomyelitis patients also had to be expanded during the summer. The Government Information Services made a film showing these children at their exercises which was later used in the oral vaccination campaign.
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406. The unit in the Queen Mary Hospital was engaged in more specialized work for orthopaedic and neurosurgical cases; the installa- tion of overhead suspension frames in four of the general wards for these patients has proved a great asset in giving treatment on the wards and saves considerable time hitherto occupied by the transport of patients to and from the physiotherapy department,
407. At the Lai Chi Kok Hospital there are large numbers of cases requiring physiotherapy amongst both the surgical and orthopaedic convalescent patients transferred from Kowloon Hospital and amongst the children with poliomyelitis admitted to the infectious diseases section of the hospital. During the cholera outbreak in the autumn a number of convalescent patients were moved to the Kwong Wah Hospital where their physiotherapy was continued by visiting staff from Lai Chi Kok who conducted sessions there three times each week.
408. The Training School, temporarily housed in part of the old Pathology Institute building in Caine Lane, continued its work during the year. Two students sat their preliminary examination in May and both were successful; seven new students were enrolled in September and have made a satisfactory start to their studies.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
409. The activities of this unit are the responsibility of the Super- intendent Occupational Therapist, and are mainly in those institutions which have large numbers of long-stay patients. The work is particularly valuable for psychiatric and drug-addiction patients.
410. At Castle Peak Hospital some 600 patients each day attended the various occupational therapy groups; activities for women pacients included craft-work, toy-making, sewing. pottery-modelling, painting and music classes, while carpentry, rattan work, tailoring and gardening were the main occupations for men patients.
411. Considerable work was carried out on Government orders for making brooms, brushes and mops, and a selected group of patients was employed on making wooden crates for a local brewery.
412. Recreational activities, both indoor and outdoor, were organized on an increased scale during the year and included field games, concerts, film shows and other social activities.
413. In the Drug Addiction Treatment Centre at Castle Peak Hospital there was a particular need for occupational therapy activities.
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