TABLE 48
WORK OF HOSPITAL CASUALTIES 1973 TO 1977
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
60,717
68,333
64,626
64,314
62,664
11,918
34,064
14,609
14,144
15,472
17.894
21,192
34,616
34,867
33,262
41,676
47,415
13,698
15.935
24,262
19,527
17,463
1,502*
8,130
16,664
21,199
123,640
134.781
145,752
171,993
203,997
152,610
156,722
177,852
171,189
171,320
14.323
49,843
41,625
42,167
48.554
50,070
51,633
39.992
42,461
56,196
59,344
67,472
87,138
89,231
96.496
89.770
91,702
9,286*
39,231
48.932
57.387
321,365
339,867
418,329
433,628
489.357
445,005
474.648
564,081
605,621
693,354
was opened in March 1976 # The Casualty Department of Princess Margaret Hospital
* Figures for August to December
TABLE 49
ANALYSIS OF CASUALTY CASES TREATED 1977
Government
Government-assisted
Institution
Grand
Queen
Traumatic
Cause
Assault
Elizabeth
Princess Queen Margaret Mary
Tang Shiu
Total
Kin
Kwong
Wah
United
Total
Total
Christian
8,321
2,602
3,772
3,019
17,714
2,096
1,653
3,749
21,463
Traffic
5.917
4,119
3,546
3,590
17,172
1,695
1,261
2,956
20,128
Industrial
23,453
16,652
7,254
18,473
65,832
4.817
9.561
14,378
80.210
Domestic
16,263
8,475
6,209
13,825
44.772
4,196
2,931
7,127
51,899
Animal Bite
1,868
774
171
1,778
4,591
862
713
1,575
6,166
Sport
2,792
1,195
122
1.963
6,072
702
460
1,162
7,234
Others
4,050
247
118
4.767
9,182
3,095
4,620
7,715
16,897
Total Traumatic Attendances
62,664
34,064
21,192
47,415
Total Traumatic Admissions
23,870
8,484
10,246
Non-traumatic Infectious
9,848
4,342
343
Tuberculosis
12,407
76
267
433
299
165,335 17,463 939 43.539 2.745 1,331 14,966 148
21,199
38,662
203,997
4,076
47,615
139
287
15,253
13.049
565
31
596
13,645
Medical
41,848
18,730
13,357
38,900
112,835
44,228
27,208
71,436
184,271
Surgical
29,008
Obstetrical
3,615
Gynaecological
10,129
Paediatric
36,828
Psychiatric Others
1,879
25,758
9.928
969
2,760
10,477
295
2,266
12,466
7.761 59,163
18,779
5.509
24,288
83,451
3
Total Non-traumatic Attendances Total Non-traumatic Admissions
171,320
68,975
Total Casualty Attendances
233,984
Total Casualty Admissions
92,845
123
1,541 1,126 15.556 18,553 11,700 77,558 18.544
643 427 3,244 173
4,460 6.703 39,187 3,404 3,619
49,843 51,633 340,268 67,472 91,702 57,387
29.178 23,832 2,242 124,227 26,107 9,225 83,907 72.825 114.887 505,603 109,165 78,586 34,078 3,181 37,662 167,766
4,710
1,165
4,212
348
1,816
1,513
6,223
6.028
21,584
19,098
103
37,642
276
7,023
115,200
3,520
46,210
149,089
35.332
489,357
159,559
187,751
693,354
28,852
10,556
39,408
207,174