259. The total attendances at this out-patient department amounted to 242,635 as compared with 192,534 in 1950 and 164,676 in 1949.
LAI CHI KOK HOSPITAL
260. This hospital consists of 2 sections. The lower section, containing 310 beds, is the infectious diseases hospital for the mainland, and the upper section, a convalescent hospital, has 180 beds. No out-patients were seen other than members of the staff of the hospital.
261. In the infectious disease section, 208 beds are set aside for pulmonary tuberculosis cases. Since the beginning of this year, 10 children's cota were added for tuberculous children. A total of 607 tuberculous patients were treated during the year 1951, 304 of which were new admissions. There were 30 deaths. The new policy of admitting fairly early cases after careful selection in the Harcourt and Kowloon Tuberculosis Clinics resulted in an increased use of active treatment and a quicker turnover of cases.
262. There were 102 beds in a separate building reserved for general infectious diseases. During the year a total number of 998 infectious disease cases were treated with 193 deaths. Temporary asylum was also afforded to a few lepers until they could be taken over by the proper authorities. 5 leper women were admitted from Sandy Bay Leprosarium as maternity cases.
263. Diversional therapy for the tuberculous patients was carried out throughout the year by the Hong Kong Branch of the British Red Cross Society. An additional rattan class provided a very useful form of rehabilitation for the patients in teaching them a new trade.
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264. The upper section of the hospital is used as an over- Now for Queen Mary Hospital and Kowloon Hospital. Here convalescent cases are housed and attended to until fit for dis- charge. During the year 1,852 patients were treated, the majority of which were orthopædic cases.
The following are the cases treated during the year:-
Tuberculosis
Typhoid fever
Diphtheria
Measles
Meningitis: -
Meningococcal
Tuberculous
Others
Dysentery-bacillary
Chickenpox
-amobic
Whooping Cough
Tetanus
Rabies
Poliomyelitis
Leprosy
+
:
444
:
123
:
:
3
:
Cases.
Denths.
507
30
345
45
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203
55
117
15
13
45
38
13
10
55
7
31
2
34
1
27
1
25
16
1
25
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