Number treated (specifying forms of treatment)
Initial treatment
A.P.T-Refilla
Unsatisfactory (abandoned)
Completed treatment
Initial treatment
A.P.P.-Refills
Unsatisfactory (abandoned}
Completed treatment
Specific drug treatment
0
through the Government Tuberculosis Clinics. It has expanded during the year to 163 beds. Details of the admissions were as follows:-
546
12
(a) Priority patients (direct admission)
(b) General public (non-priority from
Government clínies)
52
180
39
241
873
12
1
These patients subsequent to discharge become the responsibility of the Ruttonjee Sanatorium After-care Clinic.
188. The beds available in Government Hospitals are located as follows:
(a) Streptomycin (not used in out-patient work)
0
1.
Queen Mary Hospital
61
(b) P. A. S.
215
2.
Lai Chi Kok Hospital
202
3.
St. John's Hospital, Cheung Chau
Pleural Aspiration
52
(Convalescent Ambulant cases only)
42
Hospital Treatment.
The admissions to Government Hospitals were as
follows:
186. Hospital admissions for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis were arranged as follows:
Government Servants
159
Other priority
SI
Ruttonjee Sanatorium
Government Hospitals
Total
241
General public
273
483
483
724
187. Ruttonjee Sanatorium, an institution operated solely for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis by the Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association admits a proportion of its patients
102
189. The number of admissions during the year was sub- stantially increased as compared with last year's figure, prin- cipally because of the reduced number of advanced cases under treatment resulting in the more economical use of beds.
103