IV. WORK OF THE MEDICAL DIVISION
General Remarks .
Government Hospitals.
Out-Patient Services
Specialist Services
Radiological Services
Ophthalmology
Pharmaceutical Service .
Medical Social Work
Physiotherapy
Occupational Therapy
Prosthetic-Orthotic Service
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Medical Examination Board. Hospital Maintenance and Supply Auxiliary Medical Service Registration of Medical Clinics
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V. GOVERNMENT-ÁSSISTED HOSPITALS
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I. INTRODUCTION
THE Medical and Health Department is responsible for administering services which provide medical and health care for the community of Hong Kong. It operates hospitals and clinics throughout both the urban and the rural areas, maintains maternal and child health, school health, and port health services, and undertakes measures for the control of epidemic and endemic diseases. The department carries out its functions through two main divisions. The medical division is respon- sible for the treatment and rehabilitation of the sick in hospitals, and the health division promotes personal and public health. The department works closely with other departments holding statutory responsibility for safeguarding public health. These are the Urban Council, the Urban Services Department, the Labour Department and the New Territories Administration. To some of these departments, doctors are seconded.
2. During the year, the general health of the population continued to be good. Considerable improvements were made in the control of those communicable diseases, which have been the major causes of mor- tality and morbidity in the last 20 years. The incidence of diphtheria, poliomyelitis and measles remained at a low level as a result of im- munization campaigns. There was no outbreak of cholera, but precau- tionary measures against the disease were maintained. In fact, cholera has not appeared in Hong Kong since notification of the last case in October 1969.
3. While tuberculosis remained a major cause of mortality among the communicable diseases, the Colony faced increasing problems arising from non-communicable diseases. The other major causes of death were cancer, heart and hypertensive diseases, poeumonia and cerebral-vascular lesions. Problems in caring for the sick and disabled increased as a result of industrialization, urbanization, and the increase in proportion of population in the elderly age group.
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VI. DEVELOPMENT
Forward Planning
Completed Projects
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Projects under Construction.
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VIL TRAINING PROGRAMME
Doctors
Dental Staff
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Nursing Staff
Radiographers
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Laboratory Technicians
Other Forms of Departmental Training
VIIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
IX. MAPS
X. STATISTICAL APPENDIX