thousand (the great majority of which were in premature in- fants weighing less than 53 pounds at birth.) These figures are the lowest that have been recorded in the history of the hospital.
Eclampsia.
273. There were 18 cases of eclampsia during the year, many of which were of a very severe type, reminiscent of the form of the disease which was encountered in 1940-1941.
Ante-partum Hæmorrhage.
274. There were 46 cases of placenta prævia during the year and 16 cases of accidental hemorrhage without any death in either group.
Operative Delivery.
275. The hospital has maintained its conservative tradition m regard to operative delivery as it will be seen by reference to the tables which follow. The operative delivery rate was only 3.4%. This included 91 forceps deliveries and 51 Cæsarean sections. 5 of the Cæsarean sections were of the extra- peritoneal type.
Training of Medical Students and Midwives,
276. The hospital continues to hold its place in the Colony as the chief centre for the training of medical students and midwives. Over 60 medical students from the University of Hong Kong, in groups of 5 or 6, passed through a period of one month's resident training during the year and there were 28 pupil midwives undergoing a two-year period of instruction.
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Table 27
TSAN YUK HOSPITAL
Report for the year 1951
Numerical Summary
Booked Non-booked Total
1.
Delivered in Hospital:
a.
b.
Discharged well
Transferred
5,350
463
5,813
1
1
24
Admitted after delivery
13
19
3.
Discharged undelivered
202
62
35-1
4.
Died:
After delivery
b.
Undelivered
2
5
Abortinn
Total
22222
5,668
531
6,199
Of the 5,668 booked cases, 1,469 were primigravidae and
4,209 were multigravidae.
Of the 531 non-booked cases,
Total number of deliveries;
Booked
Non-booked
Total
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127
129 were primigravidae and 402 were multigravidae.
5,356
463
5,819