Commissioner, New Territories, on 22nd January, 1965; on the same occasion a new ambulance was donated to the hospital by the Board of Directors. Tenders were called for the foundation work for a new wing to be financed by the Board of Directors and by Government; this wing, designed ultimately for a seven-storey building, will initially be of three storeys and will provide improved and expanded facilities for the maternity and paediatric patients who are at present accommodated in an overcrowded and unsuitable building.
CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE
151. This hospital of 454 beds, erected with the aid of donations from Roman Catholic communities in many parts of the world and in particular the Federal Republic of Germany, is situated in the densely. populated district of So Uk in North-West Kowloon. Admission of patients to certain wards commenced in September, 1964, and the hospital was formally opened by His Excellency the Governor on 17th December. It is administered by the Canossa Sisters and comprises three blocks for general, tuberculosis and cancer patients respectively, as well as quarters for staff and a nurses' training school. Although certain staffing difficulties were encountered initially, these had been mainly overcome at the end of the year under review and the hospital was playing a very active part in the provision of medical services in the Colony.
HONG KONG ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION
152. This Association provides the great majority of the beds available for treatment of tuberculosis in its three institutions-the Grantham Hospital, the Ruttonjee Sanatorium and the Freni Memorial Convalescent Home, and a close liaison is maintained with the Govern- ment Tuberculosis Service.
The Graham Hospital
153. This hospital of 613 beds is equipped as a modern chest hospital and is administered by the Grantham Hospital Management Board on a fee-paying, non-profit-making basis. Government maintains 576 of the beds, but all staff of the hospital is provided by the Association with the exception of Government Medical Officers posted to the Government clinical units which are responsible for 253 of the total bed strength.
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Rutonjee Sanatorium and Freni Memorial Convalescent Home
154. These two units, which are the responsibility of the Ruttonjee Sanatorium Management Board, are run as one and are staffed by the Sisters of the St. Columban Missionary Order; a B.C.G. centre and a 'follow-up" clinic are also maintained in the Association's headquarters, During the year, a new bacteriological laboratory was opened, capable of undertaking all examinations required for the clinical supervision of tuberculosis patients.
HAVEN OF HOPE SANATORIUM
155. This hospital of 230 beds is situated in the Junk Bay area of the New Territories, and a tuberculosis out-patient and 'follow-up' clinic is maintained at nearby Rennie's Mill. During the year under review construction of a new technical services building commenced; this building, the funds for which have been provided by the United States of America as a World Refugee year project, will contain improved and expanded diagnostic and technical facilities required by the increasing work of this hospital.
SANDY BAY CHILDREN'S CONVALESCENT HOME
156. Maintained by the Society for the Relief of Disabled Children, this home contains 100 beds for children requiring long-term orthopaedic care; the Hong Kong Branch of The British Red Cross Society provides two full-time primary school teachers to enable the children to continue their education during convalescence. The continued severe water restrictions during the early part of 1964 caused some interference with the work of the home, notably the hydrotherapy department, but normal activities were resumed following heavy rains in the summer months.
OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL
157. This hospital of eighty beds is administered by the Maryknoll Sisters. It is located in Wong Tai Sin in North-East Kowloon and provides general in-patient and out-patient facilities for this rapidly- expanding area.
HEI LING CHAU LEPROSARIUM
158. This leprosarium, situated on an island six miles from Hong Kong and maintained by the Mission to Lepers, provides accommoda- tion for 540 leprosy patients and special facilities for those who require
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