412. In spite of the inadequacy of clinic facilities, a satisfactory year's work is reported. When the planned new dental clinic is opened in Hong Kong it will be possible to effect a considerable improvement in the amenities available for patients and in the conditions of work of dental staff.
Statistical Summary of Dental Treatment
Carried out during 1951.
Surgical
Class of Patients
No, of Visita
for Treatment
Extractions
Other Operationa
School Children
Non-Govt.
11.894
11,182
203
School Children
Govt, Schools
9,217
7,330
311
Govt, Servante
6.435
2,127
211
Govt. Families
4,518
1,400
67
General Public
11.886
11.686
Grand Total
44,099
23,656
1,096
Conservative
Faradontal
Class of Patiente
Fillings
Temporary Dressings
Scaling & Gum Treatment
School Children
Non-Govt.
2,07)
579
257
School Children
Govt. Schools
2,228
1,034
Govt. Servanţa
2.411
421
661
315
Govt. Families
1,389
279
340
163
General Public
6
14
10
Grand Total
$,099
2,319
1,834
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VIOLET PEEL POLYCLINIC
413. This clinic is the third largest outpatient department in the Colony, and is situated in a very congested part of the island.
414. The medical staff consists of four doctors, with weekly or twice weekly visita from specialists in medicine, surgery, chest and ear, nose and throat diseases.
415. The clinic is very well attended and the number has increased from 99,482 in 1949 to 126,804 in 1950 and 171,805 in 1951. The overcrowding necessitated a night clinic which was started in June, 195) in order to relieve the congestion. The night clinic is staffed with two doctors, and is open from 6 p.m. to midnight. In six months they had seen over 30,000 cases.
Prosthetic
Dentures, Orthadan- tice & Splints
PUBLIC DISPENSARIES, URBAN
416. There are 8 public dispensaries (apart from those in the New Territories) where a charge of $1 is made for each visit, as in the case of the polyclinics. Authority is, however, given to the attending doctors to waive this fee in cases of the very
poor.
417. There has been a considerable drop in the numbers of attendances at these dispensaries. This may be in part due to the introduction of the $1 fee, but it is possible that there has been a drift of patients to the more fully equipped poly-clinics, where the number of attendances had increased so much as to outbalance the decrease in these dispensaries.
418. Midwives are attached to 5 of these dispensaries for district domiciliary deliveries, and in one case there is a small maternity hospital,
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