T
40
New Territories Medical Centres & Maternity Huntes.
155. There are 10 fixed medical centres operatiug in the New Territories together with two mobile units. The work of These fixed and mobile dispensaries is co-ordinated by an officer combining the functions of a medical officer und medical officer of health. The following table gives a summary of the work done by these units.
Dispensaries
TABLE 24
Out-Patients
Deliveries
New Cases
Atten- dances
โก-
Patients
Domicl- liary
40
Tai Po
12.179
24.740
421
16
Ha Tung
1.605
3.831
60
#1
Shataukok
1.473
6.800
69
Un Lone
12,748
27.630
407
08
Ruttonjer
1,530
2.741
28
11
San Hul
2.108
4.634
137
Sai Kung
3.352
5.744
G5
52
Tai O
5.912
14.776
134
37
3,843
7.687
Mobile (West)
1969
3.36)
Silver Mine Bay
200
Ping Shan (South)
1.632
"
3,540
Total
48.653
105.882
1.187
482
Mobile (East)
41
New Territories. Between them these ambulances covered 103,252 miles and bave carried a total of 26,039 patients, 16,600 in Hong Kong and 10,083 in Kowloon,
Blood Book.
159, In May 1948 the local Toe H Group spproached the Medical Department with an offer to help in organizing a blood donor service. Efforts had been made during the previous 20 yeate with only a very limited access to develop a service of this kind and this offer was therefore welcomed suil steps were at once taken to put it into effect. It was decided that for the time being it should be limited to the two Government Hospitals dealing with emergencies, that is, the Queen Mary Hospital and Kowloon Hospital, with the collecting centre to be at the Queen Mary Hospital. Influencing this decision was the fact that as much as a dollar per ambic centimetre of blood was being offered in other hospitals in the Colony not under Govertuneot control, and it was felt that this service should be on a strictly voluntary basis.
100). In March 1949 a special Sister was assigned to this work and a start was made in building up a blood bank as opposed to a blood donor service. The panel of donors reached the figure of 200, 32 of whom were Chinese. 102 transfusious have been given.
X-rug Department.
161. This department was shared with the Royal Navy until January 1949 when they moved to their own hospital thus making il possible for the Physiotherapy department to move back to its pre-war quarters. The work in the Department shows a further increase over previous years and tuble 25 is a summary of the work done.
156. In October 1948 it was decided to reorganize the Ho Tung Dispensary to enable a small number of general in-patients to be admitted, primarily for members of the Police Force who would otherwise be +
sick in quarters
167. The Ruttonjee Dispensary which was originally pre- sented to the Government by Mr. J. II. Ruttonjee, C.B.E. was forinally handed back to hini in January, 1949.
Ambulance Service.
158. The Medical Department provides an ambulance service for all parts of the Colony for caans other than accidents and street emergencies which are dealt with by the Fire Brigade. This There are 17 service is provided free of charge for all patients. ambulances in use, 10 in Hong Kong, & in Kowloon and 2 in the
Chests Bones
TABLE 25
Kowloon Hospital
2.055
Queen Mary Hospital
7.386
2.814
3,050
Abdomen
437
501
Barium Meals
171
307
Intravenous
24
116
12
41
(Includes broncho-
Eraphy)
19
Pyelography Cholecystography Lipiadal
Cystography
Salpingography
14
Myelography
Ventriculography
3
Teeth
133
293
6.262
11.824
Miniature Chests
31.082
(RN.H. cases large
Alms
2.370
Miniature Cheats
5.798)