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with 202 beds. The upper section contains 180 beds for con- valescent cases, one ward of 26 beds was not brought into operation due to lack of equipment.
182. During the year a total of 2,370 cases were treated with 184 deaths. These cases were made up as follows:
General cases
Infectious diseases cases
Tuberculosis cases
1.282
439
649
183. In 1948 only 339 tuberculosis cases were treated with the same accommodation and this was due to the fact that there was a large carry over of chronic cases which were transferred during 1949 to other more suitable accommodation.
(A) St. John Hospital-Cheung Chau.
184. This hospital was built before the war and was run by the St. John Ambulance Association, but as a result of financial difficulties following the Japanese occupation au agree- ment was reached by which the Government undertook to run the hospital.
185. It has accommodation for 76 patients including 31 beds for tuberculosis cases and 12 for maternity cases. A total of 1,089 in-patients were treated during the year as compared with 1,049 in the previous year. These were composed of 733 general cases, 77 tuberculosis cases, 266 maternity cases and 13 cases of infectious disease, with 13,933 attendances in the out-patient department as compared with 9,869 in 1942.
186. The tuberculosis cases admitted were convalescent cases needing no special medical treatment.
(p) Stanley Prison Hospital.
187. This hospital which is incorporated in the Prison, contains 3 wards of 16 beds each, and 6 isolation cells. There were 874 admissions with a daily average of prisoners in hospital of 62.8. 19,275 prisoners reported sick during the year. There were 21 deaths, of which two were due to judicial hanging.
188. An anklylostomiasis survey was carried out among prisoners and 2,000 specimens were examined. These showed anklylosteme ova to be present in 68% of prisoners examined. About 98% of prisoners who had been farmers in the New Territories were found to be positive. The floatation method of examination was adopted.
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189. Connected with this survey an examination of 20 specimens of stool taken from different parts of the maturing tanks at Castle Peak showed anklylostome ova
in every specimen.
(h) Tsan Fuk Hospital.
190. This is the largest maternity hospital in the Colony and containa 62 beds. A total of 5,506 patients were admitted with 11 maternal deaths. Annexure I gives a summary of the cases dealt with during the year.
(0) Eastern Maternity Hospital.
191. This hospital consists of 24 beds. During the year 1,862 cases were admitted with 1 death.
(1) Government Assisted Hospitals.
192. There are five of these hospitals which receive con- siderable grants from Government. Three of them, known as the Chinese Hospitals, comprise the Tung Wah Hospital with 467 beds, the Kwong Wah Hospital with 340 beds, and the Tung Wab Eastern Hospital with 230 beds. The other two assisted hospitals are the Nethersole & Affiliated Hospital under the ægis of the London Mission Society with 181 beds, and the Hong Kong Antituberculosis Association's Ruttonjee Sanatorium with 120 beds which was opened on the 24th February, 1949.
(k) The Chinese Hospitals.
193. These provide hospital treatment primarily for the poor but have a few private wards. The total number of cases treated in the three hospitals during the year was 33,793 and there was an out-patient attendance of 128,815.
194. Although the official bed accommodation for these three hospitals totalled 1,065 for most of the year the patients actually treated in these hospitals at any one time exceeded this figure by anything up to 260.
195. Experience has shown that newcomers to the Colony tend to settle, as squatters, in any hut, hovel or other shelter that they can find on the foothills surrounding Kowloon. Later when they find occupation or better quarters there is a tendency for them to infiltrate over to the Island and become scattered. As the result of this the hospitals in Kowloon have borne the brunt of any sudden flood of refugees.