TABLE 60
WORK OF THE EAR-NOSE-THROAT SERVICE 1977 AND`1976
New out-patient attendances
Total out-patient attendances
Total in-patients admitted
Operations performed
Speech therapy cases
TABLE 62
DISTRICT MIDWIFERY SERVICE 1977 AND 1978
(Excluding Hospitals)
Private Midwifery Service
1977
1978
1977
1978
17,918
18,219
61,779
60,562
Number of midwives in active practice
as at 31st December of the year
31
24
2,591
2,679
2,346
2,183
Number of registered maternity homes
as at 31st December of the year
17
12
2,092
5,349
Number of maternity bode
as at 31st December of the year
Maternity home deliveries
Domiciliary deliveries
94
72
3,212
2,586
Born before arrival cases
Total deliveries
9
3,225
2,588
+
TABLE 61
WORK OF THE GENERAL DENTAL SERVICE 1974 TO 1978
Year Attendances
Deciduoua Teeth
Restored Extracted
Restored
Permanent Teeth
Extracted
Persons rendered dentally fit
Government Midwifery Service
(Including Tang Shiu Kin and St. John Hospitals)
1974: 267,012
1975. 279,943
1976
274,949
13,466
14,467 25,713
15,908
24,387
21,155
66,541 39,364
90,629 44,389
95,375 40,938
55,695
1977
1978*
57,968
56,531
Number of maternity beds in maternity
homes(Hong Kong and Kowloon) as at 31st December of the year
166
166
1977
285,695
13,085
21,466
99,151
43,584
56,695
1978
331,229
15.601.
129,437 22,002
46,145
71,829
Number of maternity beda in maternity
homes (H.T. and Islands) as at 31st December of the year
222
222
Number of midwives (as at 31st December
of the year)
171
171
Cases attended
11,153
10,107
Average case-load for each midwife
65
59
* Maternity home at Tang Shiu Kin Hospital was closed
on 1st December, 1977.